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

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

Fab films: The best documentaries about The Beatles
Music

Fab films: The best documentaries about The Beatles

The best under-the-radar films to see at this year’s London Film Festival
Film

The best under-the-radar films to see at this year’s London Film Festival

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

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

The Big Issue at 30: How has homelessness changed since our first edition?
News

The Big Issue at 30: How has homelessness changed since our first edition?

Terry Hall: ‘The Specials have always been about protest’
Music

Terry Hall: ‘The Specials have always been about protest’

Covid drama Help is the ‘distinctively British’ TV the government wants
TV

Covid drama Help is the ‘distinctively British’ TV the government wants

‘We had to get it right’: Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham on Covid drama Help
TV

‘We had to get it right’: Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham on Covid drama Help

Olympics marathon star Eliud Kipchoge: ‘Running is freedom’
News

Olympics marathon star Eliud Kipchoge: ‘Running is freedom’

‘You know my politics’: Benedict Cumberbatch reflects on these strange times
Film

‘You know my politics’: Benedict Cumberbatch reflects on these strange times

Matt Damon: ‘I always looked forward to being an experienced actor’
Film

Matt Damon: ‘I always looked forward to being an experienced actor’

Lesley Sharp: ‘When the world is carrying a wound… how do we resolve that?’
Theatre

Lesley Sharp: ‘When the world is carrying a wound… how do we resolve that?’