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Terezín: Music the Nazis couldn't silence
Music

Terezín: Music the Nazis couldn't silence

Monica Ali: 'You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer'
Letter To My Younger Self

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'
Music

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?'
TV

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'
NHS

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 Photo: Mary Turner/The New York Times
Music

Sam Fender: 'A lot of people don't like the idea they might be privileged'

Plunderphonia: reinventing legends for modern ears
Music

Plunderphonia: reinventing legends for modern ears

Russell Watson: 'I never had any ambition to be a singer at all'
Letter To My Younger Self

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
The Divine Comedy Neil Hannon looks back at the music that made him. Photo: Kevin Westenberg
The Music That Made Me

'A lot of Disney soundtrack vibe': Neil Hannon reveals the music that made The Divine Comedy

Pam & Tommy: Who owns Pamela Anderson's story?
TV

Pam & Tommy: Who owns Pamela Anderson's story?

How The Big Issue is helping to keep London's music scene alive
Live Music

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
TV

How the return of Fraggle Rock keeps true to the spirit of Jim Henson

Don't forget the imprisoned protesters of Belarus
Music

Don't forget the imprisoned protesters of Belarus

Barry Cryer: A life ‘dogged by good luck’
Barry Cryer in You'll Have Had Your Tea, 2006. Photo Andy Davison
Barry Cryer

Barry Cryer: A life ‘dogged by good luck’

Sally Dynevor: 'It's about time people got to know who I am'
Letter To My Younger Self

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’
TV

The Responder writer Tony Schumacher: ‘Suddenly all I had was my car and my dog’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Martin Freeman: 'I’ve never been a copper, but The Responder felt authentic to me'
Martin Freeman is back on the BBC in new police series The Responder.
The Responder

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'
Film

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
Film

Scream: The genre-defining meta movie refuses to be killed off

Charles Mingus: The angry man of jazz
Jazz

Charles Mingus: The angry man of jazz