Culture

Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’
Music

Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’

The Odyssey star Himesh Patel: ‘Child poverty is inexcusable in a country such as ours’
Poverty

The Odyssey star Himesh Patel: ‘Child poverty is inexcusable in a country such as ours’

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world’
Music

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world’

Bonnie Oddie: ‘There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying’
Theatre

Bonnie Oddie: ‘There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying’

Kevin Rowland: ‘The way Irish people were portrayed in England was just crazy’
Music

Kevin Rowland: ‘The way Irish people were portrayed in England was just crazy’

Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’
Arts

Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’

Natalie Imbruglia: ‘Becoming a star is not going to feel the way you think it’s going to feel’
Letter To My Younger Self

Natalie Imbruglia: ‘Becoming a star is not going to feel the way you think it’s going to feel’

Wrestling legend Mick Foley: ‘You need to tell people you love them before it’s too late’
Letter to My Younger Self

Wrestling legend Mick Foley: ‘You need to tell people you love them before it’s too late’

‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’
Young people

‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’

Munya Chawawa and Jack Rooke: ‘How can we make sure new theatre makers aren’t all Oxbridge people?’
Comedy

Munya Chawawa and Jack Rooke: ‘How can we make sure new theatre makers aren’t all Oxbridge people?’

The Edinburgh Fringe costs performers thousands. Why do they still go?
Arts funding

The Edinburgh Fringe costs performers thousands. Why do they still go?

Jordan Stephens: ‘You can’t ban social media without giving young people anywhere else to go’
Music

Jordan Stephens: ‘You can’t ban social media without giving young people anywhere else to go’

‘I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point’
Employment

‘I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point’

The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue: ‘I needed spiritual guidance when Mark died’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue: ‘I needed spiritual guidance when Mark died’

How James Ellis Ford made a solo album in his hospital bed while suffering from leukaemia
Music

How James Ellis Ford made a solo album in his hospital bed while suffering from leukaemia

Artist Philip Colbert: ‘There’s a fascism of seriousness’
Art

Artist Philip Colbert: ‘There’s a fascism of seriousness’

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Beth Orton: ‘Women are reinventing what it means to exist in the world’
Letter To My Younger Self

Beth Orton: ‘Women are reinventing what it means to exist in the world’

Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up’
Books

Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up’

Ruth Madeley: ‘I was written off before I was born – I’m so happy that it all worked out’
Letter To My Younger Self

Ruth Madeley: ‘I was written off before I was born – I’m so happy that it all worked out’

Sir Chris Hoy: ‘If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug’
Sport

Sir Chris Hoy: ‘If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug’