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.
Comedian Mawaan Rizwan is ‘having the most joyful time’ with brilliant new sitcom Juice
Interview

Comedian Mawaan Rizwan is ‘having the most joyful time’ with brilliant new sitcom Juice

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries?
TV

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries?

This ambitious multi-location production of The Odyssey has created community theatre on the grandest scale
theatre and community

This ambitious multi-location production of The Odyssey has created community theatre on the grandest scale

Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’
Interview

Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’

Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness
Exhibition

Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness

Paapa Essiedu: ‘It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do’
Paapa Essiedu

Paapa Essiedu: ‘It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do’

Fara Williams: ‘I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me’
Letter to my Younger Self

Fara Williams: ‘I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me’

Grenfell survivor Tiago Alves: ‘We were all normal people living our normal lives’
Interview

Grenfell survivor Tiago Alves: ‘We were all normal people living our normal lives’

Chris Packham: ‘My younger self would be my biggest critic’
Punk and birds

Chris Packham: ‘My younger self would be my biggest critic’

England legend Fara Williams: ‘Young girls can dream of being a professional footballer now’
Football

England legend Fara Williams: ‘Young girls can dream of being a professional footballer now’

Grenfell: in the words of survivors – ‘We want this play to sit alongside the campaign for justice’
Grenfell

Grenfell: in the words of survivors – ‘We want this play to sit alongside the campaign for justice’

Blur live at the BBC’s Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past
Review

Blur live at the BBC’s Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past