From the magazine
Cymande – the most influential band you’ve never heard of

Cymande – the most influential band you’ve never heard of
The directors of Lead Me Home want to bring the film’s homeless stars to the Oscars

The directors of Lead Me Home want to bring the film’s homeless stars to the Oscars
‘Football has played an important part in my life. I’m not particularly proud of that’

‘Football has played an important part in my life. I’m not particularly proud of that’
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart review: a contemporary literary hoot

Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart review: a contemporary literary hoot
‘The Beatles were right to preach love. But it’s not all we need’

‘The Beatles were right to preach love. But it’s not all we need’
Morgana Robinson: ‘I’m the giant bogey that everyone sticks to’

Morgana Robinson: ‘I’m the giant bogey that everyone sticks to’
Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty

Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
Lloyd Cole: ‘My younger self would probably be appalled I’m still performing with grey hair’

Lloyd Cole: ‘My younger self would probably be appalled I’m still performing with grey hair’
Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte, Golda Rosheuvel: ‘We are presenting the world we are living in today’

Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte, Golda Rosheuvel: ‘We are presenting the world we are living in today’
‘For some reason, women are expected to deal with medical situations men just wouldn’t tolerate’

‘For some reason, women are expected to deal with medical situations men just wouldn’t tolerate’
Clive Myrie: ‘You see the very best and very worst of human nature in a conflict situation’

Clive Myrie: ‘You see the very best and very worst of human nature in a conflict situation’
‘At 19, I wanted to wake up famous like Lord Byron’

‘At 19, I wanted to wake up famous like Lord Byron’
How I wrote Tides: A novelist’s search for solitude

How I wrote Tides: A novelist’s search for solitude
Val McDermid: ‘If homelessness were an illness, we’d be demanding a cure’

Val McDermid: ‘If homelessness were an illness, we’d be demanding a cure’
We’re stressed, but we still reach out a helping hand to Ukraine’s refugees

We’re stressed, but we still reach out a helping hand to Ukraine’s refugees
Mark Rylance: ‘There’s a loss of identity in England – who are we other than post-imperial bastards?’




