Adrian Lobb
Adrian Lobb
Adrian has written for The Big Issue since 2012, as a freelance and now as Senior Arts Correspondent, having made his debut with an exclusive Benedict Cumberbatch cover story. It has not, he insists, been all downhill ever since. He specialises in writing about television and the cultural / social importance of the arts, as well as music, film, homelessness, politics and much more. He has interviewed all the actors, many of the directors, some of the musicians and quite a few of the politicians. He was lucky enough to spend a week with Mark Hamill back in 2016 as the Star Wars legend interviewed Ray and Dave Davies from The Kinks for The Big Issue, joined Two-Tone heroes The Specials as they revisited the site of the video shoot for Ghost Town, dropped an entire cup of tea all over Ralph Fiennes during an interview, quizzed Billie Jean King about tennis and politics, talked Brexit with Danny Dyer and has spoken to every Doctor Who lead actor since the show's return in 2005. He has been a journalist since 2000 and among many others has written for the Guardian, Four Four Two, TV Times, the Quietus, the Mirror and TV Choice. He is also a keen runner, having completed four marathons (so far), and is a trustee of The Running Charity, which works through mentoring and fitness training with young people experiencing homelessness.
Nick Mohammed: 'Doing the school drop-off during Celebrity Traitors was crazy'
TV

Nick Mohammed: 'Doing the school drop-off during Celebrity Traitors was crazy'

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: 'You absorb what’s happening'
Film

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: 'You absorb what’s happening'

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne slams 'savagery' of government cuts to Access To Work payments
Jack Thorne at the BPG Awards 2026
Access To Work

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne slams 'savagery' of government cuts to Access To Work payments

Paul Ready: ‘After Motherland I wondered if people would be able to see me doing serious drama’
Theatre

Paul Ready: ‘After Motherland I wondered if people would be able to see me doing serious drama’

What Man On The Run director Morgan Neville learned from spending hours with Paul McCartney
Film

What Man On The Run director Morgan Neville learned from spending hours with Paul McCartney

Why Channel 4 water pollution scandal show Dirty Business is the campaigning TV drama of the year
Artwork for Dirty Business new Channel 4 drama
TV

Why Channel 4 water pollution scandal show Dirty Business is the campaigning TV drama of the year

'It’s amazing that something that’s so focused on animals can make you feel so human'
Advertorial

'It’s amazing that something that’s so focused on animals can make you feel so human'

The Summit presenter Ben Shephard: 'I fell into telly'
Letter To My Younger Self

The Summit presenter Ben Shephard: 'I fell into telly'

Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is 'a magnifying glass on masculinity’
David Jonsson as Taylor and Tom Blyth as Dee in Wasteman
Film

Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is 'a magnifying glass on masculinity’

Motorbike racer and TV presenter Guy Martin: 'I'm 44 and I've never voted once'
Letter To My Younger Self

Motorbike racer and TV presenter Guy Martin: 'I'm 44 and I've never voted once'

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: 'I've spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted'
Letter To My Younger Self

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: 'I've spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted'

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: 'Lord of the Flies looks populism in the eye'
TV

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: 'Lord of the Flies looks populism in the eye'