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.
Maisie Williams: “Even in kids' films female characters are over-sexualised”
TV

Maisie Williams: “Even in kids' films female characters are over-sexualised”

Jeremy Corbyn: Labour will buy 8,000 homes to end rough sleeping
Jeremy Corbyn
Housing

Jeremy Corbyn: Labour will buy 8,000 homes to end rough sleeping

Rough sleeping rises for seventh consecutive year
homeless rough sleeping tent
Housing

Rough sleeping rises for seventh consecutive year

Ed Miliband: "We've failed to deliver the social housing this country needs"
Housing

Ed Miliband: "We've failed to deliver the social housing this country needs"

"Everyone deserves to live in a safe, warm and decent home. Millions don’t"
Rent debt and eviction bans need tackling during the Covid-19 pandemic
Housing

"Everyone deserves to live in a safe, warm and decent home. Millions don’t"

Out of sight, out of mind: The hidden homelessness scandal
Hidden homelessness sofa surfing
Housing

Out of sight, out of mind: The hidden homelessness scandal

Zoë Wanamaker: "The industry is going to change at last"
Zoë Wanamaker
TV

Zoë Wanamaker: "The industry is going to change at last"

Television: Kiri, Breadline and the shows to look out for in 2018
TV

Television: Kiri, Breadline and the shows to look out for in 2018

James Norton: “My heart is broken about what is happening in this country”
James Norton in McMafia
TV

James Norton: “My heart is broken about what is happening in this country”

Our week with Mark Hamill: "At first, I wondered if Star Wars was a comedy"
Mark Hamill
Film

Our week with Mark Hamill: "At first, I wondered if Star Wars was a comedy"

Dan Stevens: "Finding hope in bleak times is a universal theme"
Dan Stevens in The Man Who Invented Christmas
Books

Dan Stevens: "Finding hope in bleak times is a universal theme"

Waterloo Song Set: Phil Ryan sings Christmas single at homelessness event
Phil Ryan sings at Waterloo Station - with Vince Cable watching
Housing

Waterloo Song Set: Phil Ryan sings Christmas single at homelessness event

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