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.
Robert Carlyle interview: ‘The Full Monty is highly political’
Miniseries

Robert Carlyle interview: ‘The Full Monty is highly political’

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’
Arctic Monkeys x Big Issue

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders on their Sheffield shows: ‘It feels like a victory lap’

From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare
TV

From benefits cruelty to child hunger, The Full Monty shows a welfare system stripped bare

Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+
Politics

Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+

The Little Mermaid modernises the story by going back to the 1837 original, says director Rob Marshall
Film

The Little Mermaid modernises the story by going back to the 1837 original, says director Rob Marshall

The Gallows Pole ‘reflects what the country is going through now’ says Shane Meadows
Interview

The Gallows Pole ‘reflects what the country is going through now’ says Shane Meadows

Arctic Monkeys team up with Big Issue to produce unique tour programme
news

Arctic Monkeys team up with Big Issue to produce unique tour programme

Succession season four: The best moments, characters, and ending theories from the Big Issue’s writers
TV

Succession season four: The best moments, characters, and ending theories from the Big Issue’s writers

The Little Mermaid songwriter Alan Menken explains how to make a Disney classic
Interview

The Little Mermaid songwriter Alan Menken explains how to make a Disney classic

Melanie Lynskey: Yellowjackets, zombies, Keanu Reeves and me
Interview

Melanie Lynskey: Yellowjackets, zombies, Keanu Reeves and me

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Theatre

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Paul Simon reveals he has ‘lost the hearing’ in his left ear
Exclusive

Paul Simon reveals he has ‘lost the hearing’ in his left ear