Lisa Maffia: 'To talk about music in the 90s you had to strip to your underwear. I wish I hadn’t'
Lisa Maffia in the Capital Xtra studio
Letter To My Younger Self

Lisa Maffia: 'To talk about music in the 90s you had to strip to your underwear. I wish I hadn’t'

Maffia was a tomboy who grew up to sing in So Solid Crew before launching a stellar solo career. She just wishes she’d enjoyed Top of the Pops a bit more
Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’
Tony Christie
Music

Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world'
Paul Heaton
Music

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world'

Natalie Imbruglia: 'Becoming a star is not going to feel the way you think it’s going to feel'
Letter To My Younger Self

Natalie Imbruglia: 'Becoming a star is not going to feel the way you think it’s going to feel'

Jordan Stephens: 'You can't ban social media without giving young people anywhere else to go'
Music

Jordan Stephens: 'You can't ban social media without giving young people anywhere else to go'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point'
Girl Grind UK
Employment

'I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point'

The Script's Danny O'Donoghue: 'I needed spiritual guidance when Mark died'
Danny O’Donoghue from The Script
Letter To My Younger Self

The Script's Danny O'Donoghue: 'I needed spiritual guidance when Mark died'

How James Ellis Ford made a solo album in his hospital bed while suffering from leukaemia
James Ellis Ford in his home studio
Music

How James Ellis Ford made a solo album in his hospital bed while suffering from leukaemia

Beth Orton: 'Women are reinventing what it means to exist in the world'
Beth Orton
Letter To My Younger Self

Beth Orton: 'Women are reinventing what it means to exist in the world'

Dan Smith: 'Bastille's mainstream success came through sleeping on floors and sofas'
Bastille's Dan Smith
Letter To My Younger Self

Dan Smith: 'Bastille's mainstream success came through sleeping on floors and sofas'

Becky Hill: 'Grassroots music venues desperately need our help'
Everywhere At Once Festival

Becky Hill: 'Grassroots music venues desperately need our help'

Opera singer Danielle de Niese: 'I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic'
Letter To My Younger Self

Opera singer Danielle de Niese: 'I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic'

No Glasto? No problem. Everywhere at Once Festival is coming to a grassroots venue near you
A cow in a field
Music

No Glasto? No problem. Everywhere at Once Festival is coming to a grassroots venue near you

How The Reytons are 'levelling the playing field' for working class kids
Interview

How The Reytons are 'levelling the playing field' for working class kids

Shirley Manson: 'If we solve misogyny, we solve so many other problems in our society'
letter to my younger self

Shirley Manson: 'If we solve misogyny, we solve so many other problems in our society'

Myles Smith: ‘I don't subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’
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Myles Smith: ‘I don't subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’

Sara Bareilles: 'Everything in my life has changed because of Waitress'
Theatre

Sara Bareilles: 'Everything in my life has changed because of Waitress'

Getdown Services: 'Rockstars used to sing about smashing 15 pints. Now people can’t afford that'
Music

Getdown Services: 'Rockstars used to sing about smashing 15 pints. Now people can’t afford that'

Super Furry Animals: 'We could sign on and get income support so we could eat. It's harder now'
Music

Super Furry Animals: 'We could sign on and get income support so we could eat. It's harder now'

Ziggy Marley: 'I should have said something to my dad. But I was too young'
Letter To My Younger Self

Ziggy Marley: 'I should have said something to my dad. But I was too young'

Life lessons with Yungblud: 'Social media is gonna fry your head. Have dinner with your mum instead'
Yungblud
Interview

Life lessons with Yungblud: 'Social media is gonna fry your head. Have dinner with your mum instead'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Yungblud's Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized is making one London street sing again
The opening of Yungblud's store and community space on London's Denmark Street in Soho
Denmark Street

Yungblud's Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized is making one London street sing again

Yungblud on losing Ozzy Osbourne: 'He was like Batman to me'
Yungblud
Yungblud

Yungblud on losing Ozzy Osbourne: 'He was like Batman to me'

Rick Astley is glad he never gave up: 'Doing new music again, I’ve gone back into my childhood'
Letter To My Younger Self

Rick Astley is glad he never gave up: 'Doing new music again, I’ve gone back into my childhood'

Kneecap speak out: 'Against our will, we were sucked into this carnival'
Exclusive

Kneecap speak out: 'Against our will, we were sucked into this carnival'