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.
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TV

‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It’s A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis

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Letter to my Younger Self

Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’

Richard Hawley: When they asked to use my songs in Ridley I told them to f*** off
Music

Richard Hawley: When they asked to use my songs in Ridley I told them to f*** off

Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner talks The Car and 20 years of the band with Martin Compston
Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner talks The Car and 20 years of the band with Martin Compston

Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar: ‘The big issue for everybody is to get rid of the Tories, isn’t it?’
TV

Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar: ‘The big issue for everybody is to get rid of the Tories, isn’t it?’

Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive
Global exclusive

Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive

This Is The Modern World: New exhibition showcases Paul Weller from The Jam to The Style Council
Music

This Is The Modern World: New exhibition showcases Paul Weller from The Jam to The Style Council

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Social Justice

Tom Daley: ‘For people around the Commonwealth, seeing that Pride flag is a sign of safety’

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Parenting

Louise Pentland: ‘I definitely parent differently because I have lost a parent’

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Art

New exhibition Grown Up in Britain: 100 Years of Teenage Kicks shows the spirit of rebellion

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TV

What made Neighbours so special? Let the superfans explain

How Neighbours changed the world
TV

How Neighbours changed the world