Interview

What it’s like to sing Agadoo for 40 years
Music

What it’s like to sing Agadoo for 40 years

Black Lace’s songs, which attempted to put the fun in funky, seemingly soundtracked every children’s party held in the 80s and 90s

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’
Housing

Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: ‘We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity’

Kevin McCloud is on a personal quest to raise people’s expectations around housing

Married at First Sight UK star Davide reveals homelessness past: ‘It made me who I am today’
Homelessness

Married at First Sight UK star Davide reveals homelessness past: ‘It made me who I am today’

Davide Anica slept rough on streets of Paris as a teenager. Now the Married at First Sight UK reality TV star is teaming up with youth homelessness charity EveryYouth

Artist Oliver Jeffers: ‘I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried’
Letter To My Younger Self

Artist Oliver Jeffers: ‘I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried’

Philanthropist and banker John Studzinski: ‘I have never forgotten what Mother Teresa told me…’
Philanthropy

Philanthropist and banker John Studzinski: ‘I have never forgotten what Mother Teresa told me…’

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BBC Radio 1’s Matt Edmonson: ‘I’m no Martin Lewis, but I’ve always been quite frugal’
Money

BBC Radio 1’s Matt Edmonson: ‘I’m no Martin Lewis, but I’ve always been quite frugal’

Different class: Why the return of Play for Today is good news for British television
TV

Different class: Why the return of Play for Today is good news for British television

Trespasses star Lola Petticrew: ‘I’m an artist because I’m an activist – I can’t separate it’
TV

Trespasses star Lola Petticrew: ‘I’m an artist because I’m an activist – I can’t separate it’

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’
Food

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’

Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’
Letter to my Younger Self

Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’

Train Dreams star Joel Edgerton: ‘What is the meaning of this life that we have?’
Film

Train Dreams star Joel Edgerton: ‘What is the meaning of this life that we have?’

Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out fighting: ‘Any time Brian Cox wants to talk… I’m easy to find’
Film

Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out fighting: ‘Any time Brian Cox wants to talk… I’m easy to find’

Dermot O’Leary: ‘I was bricking it when I started The X Factor’
Letter to my Younger Self

Dermot O’Leary: ‘I was bricking it when I started The X Factor’

Meet James B Partridge, the man who made school assembly bangers cool
Music

Meet James B Partridge, the man who made school assembly bangers cool

Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page: ‘I didn’t feel safe at drama school – we were told we were s**t’
Letter To My Younger Self

Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page: ‘I didn’t feel safe at drama school – we were told we were s**t’

Substance abuse led me to homelessness. Now I’m 20 years sober and in love with giving back
Big Issue Invest

Substance abuse led me to homelessness. Now I’m 20 years sober and in love with giving back

Lang Lang: ‘People thought working with Metallica would destroy my classical career’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lang Lang: ‘People thought working with Metallica would destroy my classical career’

‘I fully expect we’ll be performing at Glastonbury’: Tamsin Greig on new punk drama Riot Women
TV

‘I fully expect we’ll be performing at Glastonbury’: Tamsin Greig on new punk drama Riot Women

For Those I Love: ‘I totally understand why people in Ireland feel so disheartened’
Music

For Those I Love: ‘I totally understand why people in Ireland feel so disheartened’

Mr Scorsese director Rebecca Miller on the surprising thing about Martin Scorsese
Film

Mr Scorsese director Rebecca Miller on the surprising thing about Martin Scorsese

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: ‘There’s no quick fix’
Politics

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: ‘There’s no quick fix’

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‘I hope it’s a worthy successor to Happy Valley’: Sally Wainwright on menopause and new show Riot Women
TV

‘I hope it’s a worthy successor to Happy Valley’: Sally Wainwright on menopause and new show Riot Women

Here’s how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain
Marmot thinking

Here’s how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain

Charlotte Church: ‘The press desperately tried to make me a figure of sin’
Letter to my younger self

Charlotte Church: ‘The press desperately tried to make me a figure of sin’

Inside the Big Issue: Cillian Murphy fights the system
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Cillian Murphy fights the system