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.
Mrs Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan: Meeting my homeless peers changed my life
Film

Mrs Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan: Meeting my homeless peers changed my life

Michael Sheen: ‘There is a moment of possibility to build back better’
TV

Michael Sheen: ‘There is a moment of possibility to build back better’

How Our Yorkshire Farm became essential lockdown viewing
TV

How Our Yorkshire Farm became essential lockdown viewing

Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan: “Hope felt like a foreign feeling for so long”
TV

Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan: “Hope felt like a foreign feeling for so long”

All Creatures Great and Small: Inside the Christmas Special
TV

All Creatures Great and Small: Inside the Christmas Special

Kevin Rowland: ‘I was a lost soul in my teens’
Music

Kevin Rowland: ‘I was a lost soul in my teens’

Benjamin Zephaniah hails the rising tide of poetry in lockdown
Books

Benjamin Zephaniah hails the rising tide of poetry in lockdown

Daisy Edgar-Jones on the ‘topsy-turvy’ impact of Normal People
TV

Daisy Edgar-Jones on the ‘topsy-turvy’ impact of Normal People

Tracy-Ann Oberman’s new drama tells the true story behind a Hollywood classic
Radio

Tracy-Ann Oberman’s new drama tells the true story behind a Hollywood classic

Mortimer & Whitehouse: ‘We must embrace and treasure our friendships’
TV

Mortimer & Whitehouse: ‘We must embrace and treasure our friendships’

David Byrne: ‘Not everything you do has to find an audience’
Music

David Byrne: ‘Not everything you do has to find an audience’

Daniel Mays: Joining The Big Issue is my most important role to date
News

Daniel Mays: Joining The Big Issue is my most important role to date