Adrian Lobb
Adrian Lobb
Adrian has written for The Big Issue since 2012, as a freelance and now as TV Editor, 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 three marathons (so far), and is a trustee of The Running Charity, which works through mentoring and fitness training with young people experiencing homelessness.
Channel 4's 'Dispatches' uncovers the hidden reality of the working homeless
Social housing
Housing

Channel 4's 'Dispatches' uncovers the hidden reality of the working homeless

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again – Jeremy Irvine steps up to the mic
Jeremy Irvine and Lily James in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Film

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again – Jeremy Irvine steps up to the mic

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again – Alexa Davies stars in the summer's biggest film
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Film

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again – Alexa Davies stars in the summer's biggest film

'Who Is America?' sees Sacha Baron Cohen become a troll fit for US politics
Sacha Baron Cohen, Who Is America?
Film

'Who Is America?' sees Sacha Baron Cohen become a troll fit for US politics

Housing Minister Kit Malthouse once claimed homeless were "too comfortable"
Housing

Housing Minister Kit Malthouse once claimed homeless were "too comfortable"

Britain's housing crisis won't be solved by yet another Housing Minister
Housing

Britain's housing crisis won't be solved by yet another Housing Minister

Henry Blofeld: "My life would be an innings of desperate uncertainty"
News

Henry Blofeld: "My life would be an innings of desperate uncertainty"

Rob Brydon talks ankle intimacy in 'Swimming With Men'
TV

Rob Brydon talks ankle intimacy in 'Swimming With Men'

Big Narstie tells us about his very black, very urban new TV show
Big Narstie
Music

Big Narstie tells us about his very black, very urban new TV show

Save the arches: Clapham North MOT faces closure after almost 60 years
Activism

Save the arches: Clapham North MOT faces closure after almost 60 years

John Bird inducted into Hall of Fame at the PPA Awards
John Bird
Adrian Lobb

John Bird inducted into Hall of Fame at the PPA Awards

Bob Mortimer: "My doctor told me that I would have heart attack on stage"
TV

Bob Mortimer: "My doctor told me that I would have heart attack on stage"

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