Jane Graham
Jane Graham
Books editor Jane Graham is an award-winning arts journalist. As a BBC radio producer, she worked on Radios 1, 3 and 4 and Radio Ulster, with John Peel, Kirsty Wark, Mary Anne Hobbs, Ricky Gervais, and Steven Nolan. She has written for The Guardian, Uncut, The Sunday Times and The Scotsman and was a Belfast Telegraph columnist for ten years. She makes regular appearances on Radio Scotland & BBC Scotland. She has also worked closely with libraries, was a Reader in Residence for the Scottish Book Trust and was Scotland’s first Reading Ambassador for CultureNL.
Dougray Scott was told he’d never make it as an actor
TV

Dougray Scott was told he’d never make it as an actor

Sara Cox: “I got teased for having things like long skinny legs and big lips”
Radio

Sara Cox: “I got teased for having things like long skinny legs and big lips”

Doon Mackichan: “I didn’t have any serious ambition to be an actor”
Culture

Doon Mackichan: “I didn’t have any serious ambition to be an actor”

Hilton Als, White Girls: Denis Johnson, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
Books

Hilton Als, White Girls: Denis Johnson, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth
Music

Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth

How Bernard MacLaverty’s novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland
Books

How Bernard MacLaverty’s novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland

Dita Von Teese: “We have to stand up for beauty and sensuality and eroticism”
Culture

Dita Von Teese: “We have to stand up for beauty and sensuality and eroticism”

Susan Sarandon: “Hedy Lamarr was so strong, as well as brilliant”
Film

Susan Sarandon: “Hedy Lamarr was so strong, as well as brilliant”

Roger Bannister: “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running”
News

Roger Bannister: “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running”

David Tennant: “I was told acting was a daft idea. You won’t make a living”
TV

David Tennant: “I was told acting was a daft idea. You won’t make a living”

Graeme Obree: “Cycling is my way out of my struggles”
News

Graeme Obree: “Cycling is my way out of my struggles”

The Woman in the Window, AJ Finn; Don’t Skip Out On Me, Willy Vlautin
Books

The Woman in the Window, AJ Finn; Don’t Skip Out On Me, Willy Vlautin