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.
André Holland: “I don’t ever want to do anything that diminishes my culture”
TV

André Holland: “I don’t ever want to do anything that diminishes my culture”

The Running Charity is keeping young homeless people moving despite Covid-19
Housing

The Running Charity is keeping young homeless people moving despite Covid-19

EXCLUSIVE: Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa on his experience of homelessness
TV

EXCLUSIVE: Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa on his experience of homelessness

The A Word’s Sarah Gordy “We’re as complex and individual as the next person”
TV

The A Word’s Sarah Gordy “We’re as complex and individual as the next person”

Noel Clarke: ‘I have always had a fight in me’
TV

Noel Clarke: ‘I have always had a fight in me’

Christopher Eccleston’s isolation preservation kit
News

Christopher Eccleston’s isolation preservation kit

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on how sharing her homelessness story changed her life
Housing

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on how sharing her homelessness story changed her life

Vicky McClure shares her isolation preservation kit
News

Vicky McClure shares her isolation preservation kit

Lennie James: How ‘Save Me Too’ avoids the usual tropes about the poor
TV

Lennie James: How ‘Save Me Too’ avoids the usual tropes about the poor

Sharon Horgan: “I cried at the end. But I am a bit of a crier”
Film

Sharon Horgan: “I cried at the end. But I am a bit of a crier”

Sir Steve McQueen: ‘I was told a film with black leads wouldn’t make money’
Film

Sir Steve McQueen: ‘I was told a film with black leads wouldn’t make money’

Emilio Estevez made libraries film to show how we “criminalise the poor”
Film

Emilio Estevez made libraries film to show how we “criminalise the poor”