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Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'I'd tell my younger self to just be happier'
Gary Lightbody Receiving an award in 2019 for Chasing Cars being the most played song of the 21st century on UK radio
Letter To My Younger Self

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'I'd tell my younger self to just be happier'

Sherwood creator James Graham on class, Gareth Southgate and Britain's 'f**kload of problems'
David Morrissey on set as Ian St Clair in Sherwood
TV

Sherwood creator James Graham on class, Gareth Southgate and Britain's 'f**kload of problems'

Sir Ian McKellen on stage fall, rights and why he's 'the last of the lucky generation'
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Sir Ian McKellen on stage fall, rights and why he's 'the last of the lucky generation'

Designer and activist Katharine Hamnett on fast fashion, the planet and photobombing Thatcher
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Second hand September

Designer and activist Katharine Hamnett on fast fashion, the planet and photobombing Thatcher

Inside the Big Issue: Sir Ian McKellen on recovery, rights and finding fulfilment
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Sir Ian McKellen on recovery, rights and finding fulfilment

Sir Ian McKellen: 'They better be quick if they want me to play Gandalf again!'
Film

Sir Ian McKellen: 'They better be quick if they want me to play Gandalf again!'

Red Rooms director Pascal Plante on empathy, digital horror and why we're all way too online
Red Rooms director Pascal Plante
Film

Red Rooms director Pascal Plante on empathy, digital horror and why we're all way too online

The Chase star Paul Sinha on his Parkinson's battle: 'I've got a life to live'
Paul Sinha
Letter To My Younger Self

The Chase star Paul Sinha on his Parkinson's battle: 'I've got a life to live'

Prisoner turned actor Clarence Maclin on life inside Sing Sing – and starring in a film based on it
Clarence Maclin and Colman Domingo in Sing Sing
Film

Prisoner turned actor Clarence Maclin on life inside Sing Sing – and starring in a film based on it

Paralympics host Ed Jackson: 'It puts a smile on my face just to be able to walk down the stairs'
Ed Jackson
Letter To My Younger Self

Paralympics host Ed Jackson: 'It puts a smile on my face just to be able to walk down the stairs'

Bloomsbury Football: How a grassroots charity is using the power of football to build hope
Bloomsbury Football kids
Football

Bloomsbury Football: How a grassroots charity is using the power of football to build hope

Nick Cave on wild swimming, sons' deaths and why a broken world can be beautiful at the same time
Music

Nick Cave on wild swimming, sons' deaths and why a broken world can be beautiful at the same time

Inside the Big Issue: Nick Cave and his wild, wild ways
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Nick Cave and his wild, wild ways

Nick Cave: 'The worst happened. It maybe made me a little braver'
Music

Nick Cave: 'The worst happened. It maybe made me a little braver'

Vicky McClure: 'Everybody’s lives are important. No matter where you come from'
TV

Vicky McClure: 'Everybody’s lives are important. No matter where you come from'

Original Willy Wonka actor on viral AI disaster, fame and value of pure imagination
Julie Dawn Cole (in red) as Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Theatre

Original Willy Wonka actor on viral AI disaster, fame and value of pure imagination

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The Bear's Will Poulter and TV chef Big Zuu host BBQ for homeless young people: 'Food is everything'
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Food

The Bear's Will Poulter and TV chef Big Zuu host BBQ for homeless young people: 'Food is everything'

Olympics star Steve Cram: 'TV's thrilling but nothing else feels like winning a race'
Steve Cram
Letter To My Younger Self

Olympics star Steve Cram: 'TV's thrilling but nothing else feels like winning a race'

Inside the Big Issue: The place that was waiting for us
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The place that was waiting for us

Karl Jenkins: 'I'm still not respected in some quarters of classical music'
Sir Karl Jenkins
Letter to my Younger Self

Karl Jenkins: 'I'm still not respected in some quarters of classical music'