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.
On World Down Syndrome Day, read our interview with The A Word’s Leon Harrop
TV

On World Down Syndrome Day, read our interview with The A Word’s Leon Harrop

The government’s housing minister can’t explain the rise in rough sleepers
Housing

The government’s housing minister can’t explain the rise in rough sleepers

Watch ‘SMEAR’ – a terrifying, tentacle-infested trip to the gynaecologist
Film

Watch ‘SMEAR’ – a terrifying, tentacle-infested trip to the gynaecologist

Watch Public Service Broadcasting’s coal industry-lamenting music video
Music

Watch Public Service Broadcasting’s coal industry-lamenting music video

Duncan Jones: Twitter love for Mute has recharged my heart
Film

Duncan Jones: Twitter love for Mute has recharged my heart

Rising star Jade Anouka brings the Black Panther Challenge to London
Film

Rising star Jade Anouka brings the Black Panther Challenge to London

Snow forces Night Walk cancellation, but The Big Step Challenge marches on
News

Snow forces Night Walk cancellation, but The Big Step Challenge marches on

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