Adrian Lobb
Adrian Lobb
Adrian has written for The Big Issue since 2012, as a freelance and now as TV Editor, having made his debut with an exclusive Benedict Cumberbatch cover story. It has not, he insists, been all downhill ever since. He specialises in writing about television and the cultural / social importance of the arts, as well as music, film, homelessness, politics and much more. He has interviewed all the actors, many of the directors, some of the musicians and quite a few of the politicians. He was lucky enough to spend a week with Mark Hamill back in 2016 as the Star Wars legend interviewed Ray and Dave Davies from The Kinks for The Big Issue, joined Two-Tone heroes The Specials as they revisited the site of the video shoot for Ghost Town, dropped an entire cup of tea all over Ralph Fiennes during an interview, quizzed Billie Jean King about tennis and politics, talked Brexit with Danny Dyer and has spoken to every Doctor Who lead actor since the show's return in 2005. He has been a journalist since 2000 and among many others has written for the Guardian, Four Four Two, TV Times, the Quietus, the Mirror and TV Choice. He is also a keen runner, having completed three marathons (so far), and is a trustee of The Running Charity, which works through mentoring and fitness training with young people experiencing homelessness.
Disabled nurse ‘feels guilty being alive’ as her family struggles with devastating cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Disabled nurse ‘feels guilty being alive’ as her family struggles with devastating cost of living

Long-time Big Issue Supporter is Taking Action Against Food Poverty
Behind the scenes

Long-time Big Issue Supporter is Taking Action Against Food Poverty

Launching the Sell a Sub challenge!
News

Launching the Sell a Sub challenge!

Brandi Carlile: ‘Getting married felt radical. Now my wife and I are very afraid about our future’
Music

Brandi Carlile: ‘Getting married felt radical. Now my wife and I are very afraid about our future’

The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on return to the Tardis: ‘I was pushed in ways I hadn’t been before’
Doctor Who

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on return to the Tardis: ‘I was pushed in ways I hadn’t been before’

Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe: ‘Wonky Donkey is one of the best TV segments of all time’
Big Questions

Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe: ‘Wonky Donkey is one of the best TV segments of all time’

Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’
Big Issue Ambassadors

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Letter To My Younger Self

Football legend David James: ‘I had difficult moments at every club, not just Liverpool’

‘The record is a snapshot’: Inside Billy Mahonie’s unlikely comeback and the evolution of post-rock
Culture

‘The record is a snapshot’: Inside Billy Mahonie’s unlikely comeback and the evolution of post-rock

How Beyond Paradise places foster care at the heart of primetime detective drama
TV

How Beyond Paradise places foster care at the heart of primetime detective drama

The Change’s Bridget Christie: ‘I see women everywhere with potential but they face horrific violence’
TV

The Change’s Bridget Christie: ‘I see women everywhere with potential but they face horrific violence’

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: ‘I was as angry as Jamie in lots of ways’
TV

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: ‘I was as angry as Jamie in lots of ways’

‘We want people to think it could be their kid’: Philip Barantini on incels, rage and new drama Adolescence
TV

‘We want people to think it could be their kid’: Philip Barantini on incels, rage and new drama Adolescence

Michael Sheen: ‘Going on holiday doesn’t matter to me as much as paying off 900 people’s debts’
Exclusive

Michael Sheen: ‘Going on holiday doesn’t matter to me as much as paying off 900 people’s debts’