Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly is a multimedia journalist, award-winning columnist and podcaster with a longstanding passion for The Big Issue's social mission. She is the Culture Editor of The Big Issue, and leads the Venue Watch campaign to champion grassroots music venues.
Joan Jett: ‘How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?’
Letter to my Younger Self

Joan Jett: ‘How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?’

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton’s Edinburgh Fringe
Interview

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton’s Edinburgh Fringe

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution
fighting misogyny

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’
macabre cabaret

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’

How Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to speak truth to power – and inspired a new generation
Film

How Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to speak truth to power – and inspired a new generation

Good Omens 2: Behind the scenes with an infernal demon
Laura Kelly

Good Omens 2: Behind the scenes with an infernal demon

Rone: ‘Most of my works have been destroyed’
street art

Rone: ‘Most of my works have been destroyed’

The Bearded Explorer ventures into derelict buildings to reveal their secrets
Interview

The Bearded Explorer ventures into derelict buildings to reveal their secrets

Watch Supergrass star Gaz Coombes’ new single with choir for homeless people
singing together

Watch Supergrass star Gaz Coombes’ new single with choir for homeless people

Prince would blast me with his charm, says Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs
Manic Monday

Prince would blast me with his charm, says Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs

Pulp at TRNSMT, Glasgow: Class anger made transcendent
review

Pulp at TRNSMT, Glasgow: Class anger made transcendent

Sincerity or cynicism? The captivating slipperiness of Ben Folds
Interview

Sincerity or cynicism? The captivating slipperiness of Ben Folds