Film

Kelly Macdonald: ‘We went to militant demonstrations. I still know all my anti-poll tax songs’
Letter To My Younger Self

Kelly Macdonald: ‘We went to militant demonstrations. I still know all my anti-poll tax songs’

A chance open casting changed her life forever. But even before Trainspotting, she always knew she was destined for a life far beyond the shopping centre

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’

A new film, made by Save The Children and voiced by Patel, highlights how inequality plays out over the summer holidays

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’

Shonagh Marie was encouraged as a young actor by The Big House theatre company. Now she’s giving something back

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’

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’
Letter To My Younger Self

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’

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Mel Brooks at 100 – the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy
Comedy

Mel Brooks at 100 – the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral
Rachel Palma Randle

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral

How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull 
Film

How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull 

‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters
Photography

‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’
Film

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom
Film

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom

The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’
Film

The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’

There can be only one Highlander – at least until the reboot comes out
Film

There can be only one Highlander – at least until the reboot comes out

Is working in fashion really like The Devil Wears Prada?
Workers' rights

Is working in fashion really like The Devil Wears Prada?

Can the notorious Michael Jackson film continue the Hollywood biopic boom?
Film

Can the notorious Michael Jackson film continue the Hollywood biopic boom?

Forty years on, Stand By Me is back in cinemas. The coming-of-age story comes of age
Reissue

Forty years on, Stand By Me is back in cinemas. The coming-of-age story comes of age

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’
Documentary

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’

Splitsville: The romcom chucking a grenade into domestic bliss
Review

Splitsville: The romcom chucking a grenade into domestic bliss

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: ‘You absorb what’s happening’
Film

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: ‘You absorb what’s happening’

Forty years of Flare, London’s LGBTQIA+ film festival: ‘We’ve become a really important safe space’
Film

Forty years of Flare, London’s LGBTQIA+ film festival: ‘We’ve become a really important safe space’

One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer
Review

One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer

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Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power

David Bradley: ‘It was great to be in Game of Thrones. People from all over the world hate me!’
Interview

David Bradley: ‘It was great to be in Game of Thrones. People from all over the world hate me!’

Inside the Big Issue: Power to the people
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Power to the people

Sirāt film review: a hypnotic, apocalyptic and genuinely shocking rave odyssey
Film

Sirāt film review: a hypnotic, apocalyptic and genuinely shocking rave odyssey