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Monica Ali: 'You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer'

Monica Ali: 'You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer'
Mo Gilligan: 'The fact I get to host the Brits still hasn't sunk in'

Mo Gilligan: 'The fact I get to host the Brits still hasn't sunk in'
Mel Giedroyc: 'I thought, oh my god, what if my mum could hear me doing all this rudery?'

Mel Giedroyc: 'I thought, oh my god, what if my mum could hear me doing all this rudery?'
Adam Kay: 'Before the pandemic the NHS was running on empty and it turned out those were the good old days'

Adam Kay: 'Before the pandemic the NHS was running on empty and it turned out those were the good old days'
Sam Fender: 'A lot of people don't like the idea they might be privileged'

Sam Fender: 'A lot of people don't like the idea they might be privileged'
Plunderphonia: reinventing legends for modern ears

Plunderphonia: reinventing legends for modern ears
Russell Watson: 'I never had any ambition to be a singer at all'

Russell Watson: 'I never had any ambition to be a singer at all'
'A lot of Disney soundtrack vibe': Neil Hannon reveals the music that made The Divine Comedy

'A lot of Disney soundtrack vibe': Neil Hannon reveals the music that made The Divine Comedy
How The Big Issue is helping to keep London's music scene alive

How The Big Issue is helping to keep London's music scene alive
How the return of Fraggle Rock keeps true to the spirit of Jim Henson

How the return of Fraggle Rock keeps true to the spirit of Jim Henson
Sally Dynevor: 'It's about time people got to know who I am'

Sally Dynevor: 'It's about time people got to know who I am'
The Responder writer Tony Schumacher: ‘Suddenly all I had was my car and my dog’

The Responder writer Tony Schumacher: ‘Suddenly all I had was my car and my dog’
Martin Freeman: 'I’ve never been a copper, but The Responder felt authentic to me'

Martin Freeman: 'I’ve never been a copper, but The Responder felt authentic to me'
Evangeline Lilly: 'If you lined up all the characters I've played, it would be hard to identify me'

Evangeline Lilly: 'If you lined up all the characters I've played, it would be hard to identify me'
Scream: The genre-defining meta movie refuses to be killed off
