Features

Rosie Garland

Freaks, femininity and reality TV

Rosie Garland on why her novel about 'freaks' explores what it means to be different - and why reality TV is the modern-day freak show

Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle: "My parents went to the same parties as I did"

Writer and stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle, 60, on his unusual upbringing, his narcissistic mother, and the adverse effects of success

Gangnam not Vietnam: Why Koreans are taking the long view

Tom Farrell in Seoul finds the locals excited by Psy's new single - but jaded by yet more threats of armageddon

Paul McNamee

Counting the cost

Paul McNamee

"The Dhaka factory tragedy proves the need for the much-challenged International Development money"

Gofal - A Big Issue Cymru Big List Subscriber

Welsh charity Gofal provide a wide range of services to people with mental health problems

Trailer Park Boys

Trailer Park Boys on the road to the UK

Steven MacKenzie

Mike 'Bubbles' Smith from the Canada's biggest cult comedy Trailer Park Boys talks North American humour, eye pain and Monty Python

Harmony Korine directs James Franco in Spring Breakers

Harmony Korine: "It's a pop poem"

Jane Graham

Director Harmony Korine talks about the guns, bikinis and controversy of Spring Breakers

John Bird

It’s time to make an exhibition of myself…

John Bird

"In Naked Bird, I shall be talking about the role of art in my redemption - and drawing a model, while being interrogated"

Laura Haddock

Demons, distractions and 'doing it with whomever'

Steven MacKenzie

Laura Haddock - starring in Da Vinci's Demons - talks about the eccentricities of the great 15th century polymath

Jane Alton

Jane Alton: "We're in an era of new leadership and thinking"

Sally Brammall

Numerologist Jane Alton discusses her work with businesses, numerology parties, and the link between numbers and extreme weather

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