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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Culture

Soldier On: new play about PTSD performed by veterans goes on tour

Timothy Spall: “It was one of the biggest shocks of my life”
Film

Timothy Spall: “It was one of the biggest shocks of my life”

Beauty Banks and Linkey share the love this Valentine’s Day
Social Justice

Beauty Banks and Linkey share the love this Valentine’s Day

John Simm: “I wish women ran the whole world, don’t you?”
TV

John Simm: “I wish women ran the whole world, don’t you?”

Freda Hodgson: “You go off to your war, we will run your firms”
Social Justice

Freda Hodgson: “You go off to your war, we will run your firms”

Billie Jean King: ‘We are going backwards with Trump as President’
News

Billie Jean King: ‘We are going backwards with Trump as President’

Andrea Riseborough: “I get paid one twentieth of my male co-stars’ fee”
Film

Andrea Riseborough: “I get paid one twentieth of my male co-stars’ fee”

Sam Claflin: “People need to talk but they also need to bloody listen”
Film

Sam Claflin: “People need to talk but they also need to bloody listen”

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Film

Kaya Scodelario: “It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life”

Low pay, José? No way! Campaign for Manchester United to pay Real Living Wage
Social Justice

Low pay, José? No way! Campaign for Manchester United to pay Real Living Wage

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TV

Maisie Williams: “Even in kids’ films female characters are over-sexualised”

Jeremy Corbyn: Labour will buy 8,000 homes to end rough sleeping
Housing

Jeremy Corbyn: Labour will buy 8,000 homes to end rough sleeping