Latest Features

Andy Hamilton

Andy Hamilton: "If I wasn't a writer I'd be sectioned"

Steven MacKenzie

Is the comedy writer behind Outnumbered and Drop the Dead Donkey finally losing the plot?

Pilou Asbæk

Borgen star Kasper: "Hollywood will come calling on Denmark"

Andrew Burns

Pilou Asbæk on his new film A Hijacking, becoming a father, and why he's reading Alastair Campbell's biography

Felicity Kendal

Felicity Kendal: "The English are embarrassed by poverty"

Jane Graham

Stage and screen star Felicity Kendal, 66, on her sister's cancer, Indian society, and being the odd one out

Hayley Atwell

Hayley Atwell: "British actresses are unparalleled"

Hayley Atwell, the new British star ready to top Hollywood’s ‘it’ list, talks power and vanity with The Big Issue

Justice for the blacklisted

Thousands of builders have been denied work says the general secretary of construction union UCATT

"Universal credit will be a saving that the government makes. It will not benefit the recipient"
"Debate and comment is being neutered, making all but the most asinine and blandly polite comments acceptable"
"I want to show people that I’m changing my ways and getting through my difficult times”
Greg Karber distributes A&F clothing to the homeless on Skid Row
Abercrombie and Fitch clothes donated to the homeless as Greg Karber attempts to rebrand "a terrible company"
Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers - currently enjoying success with Daft Punk - on his tough life on the streets before becoming a global star
British actor Jason Isaacs on filming Case Histories, the legacy of Harry Potter - and the importance of biscuits
Agnetha Faltskog
Ex-Abba star Agnetha Faltskog talks to The Big Issue about her return to music after more than 30 years

Latest Reviews

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Kate Molleson: The 'spotless' Mozart of King’s College Cambridge

"The Choir of King’s College Cambridge sample some of the best interpretations of Mozart’s original sketches"

The Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

"This production revels in the story's potential for slapstick and wit – while providing glorious sets and a fabulous chorus"

Gordon Ferris

Gordon Ferris: 5 books everyone should read before they die

Author Gordon Ferris picks five essential reads: "Be warned: read this book and be prepared to read the next 19!"

Phineas and Ferb

CBBC out-satired by Disney? Oh brother...

Jane Graham takes aim at CBBC's lack of edge, compared to Nickelodeon's "brilliantly stoopid characters"