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Alan Cumming: 'My dad was a very good abuser'
Culture

Alan Cumming: 'My dad was a very good abuser'

Paul Chuckle: 'James Bond? Yes, I could do that'
Paul Chuckle
TV

Paul Chuckle: 'James Bond? Yes, I could do that'

Mark Strong: 'I started a fanzine named after a Damned song and sold copies for 5p'
TV

Mark Strong: 'I started a fanzine named after a Damned song and sold copies for 5p'

8 Hollywood A-listers Brian Cox trashes Logan Roy-style in his new book
TV

8 Hollywood A-listers Brian Cox trashes Logan Roy-style in his new book

Shappi Khorsandi: 'I'd tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs'
Shappi Khorsandi performing comedy. Image: Mick Flynn / Alamy Stock Photo
Culture

Shappi Khorsandi: 'I'd tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs'

Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Our home was rich with music
Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason The Music That Made Me
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Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Our home was rich with music

How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right
Agnes O'Casey stars in Ridley Road. Photo: BBC / Ben Blackall
TV

How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right

Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'
Billy Bragg. Image: Jill Furmanovsky
Music

Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'

Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds reveals the music that saved his life
Dan Reynolds and Imagine Dragons
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Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds reveals the music that saved his life

Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie
Queen drummer Roger Taylor. Image: Xavier Vila
Music

Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie

You know that unmistakeable James Bond film look? Here's how it's created
James Bond (Daniel Craig) looks out on the water surrounding his Jamaican home in No Time To Die. Image: Nicola Dove / © 2021 Danjao, LLC and MGM
Film

You know that unmistakeable James Bond film look? Here's how it's created

The real Q: James Bond special effects guru reveals the secrets to 007's stunts
Chris Corbould on the set of No Time To Die. Image: Jasin Boland © 2021 DANJAQ, LLC and MGM
Film

The real Q: James Bond special effects guru reveals the secrets to 007's stunts

Here's what happened when Christopher Eccleston had a heart-to-heart with Big Issue seller Clive
Christopher Eccelston and vendor Clive in conversation. Photo: The Big Issue
Culture

Here's what happened when Christopher Eccleston had a heart-to-heart with Big Issue seller Clive

Terry Hall: 'The Specials have always been about protest'
Terry Hall of The Specials. Photo: Richard Saker/Shutterstock
Music

Terry Hall: 'The Specials have always been about protest'

Shaun Ryder: 'It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us'
Shaun Ruder holds a face mask up which says call the cops
Music

Shaun Ryder: 'It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us'

Herself director Claire Dunne: 'We need to look at the building blocks of people, not just their houses'
Film

Herself director Claire Dunne: 'We need to look at the building blocks of people, not just their houses'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Jake Bugg X Jamal Edwards in Nottingham: 'Younger people are suffering'
Music

Jake Bugg X Jamal Edwards in Nottingham: 'Younger people are suffering'

Nathan Evans: Wellerman star says Ed Sheeran made him want to sing
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Nathan Evans: Wellerman star says Ed Sheeran made him want to sing

The Big Flower Fight star Ryan Lanji: 'I always represent the underdog'
TV

The Big Flower Fight star Ryan Lanji: 'I always represent the underdog'

Greentea Peng: 'Music has been a healing experience'
Music

Greentea Peng: 'Music has been a healing experience'

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