my big year
Bake Off winner Jasmine Mitchell: ‘I should’ve probably been learning about rare types of lung disease’
Bake Off winner Jasmine Mitchell: ‘I should’ve probably been learning about rare types of lung disease’
Putting meringues ahead of studying paid off as she was crowned star baker a record-equalling five times on her way to winning this year’s Great British Bake Off. Her own cookbook would be the icing on the cake
Podcasters Elis James and John Robins: ‘Male ego is the most dangerous force on the planet’
Podcasters Elis James and John Robins: ‘Male ego is the most dangerous force on the planet’
Described (by themselves) as ‘Britain’s youngest and most relevant podcast-first broadcasters’, they sold out the London Palladium. Now they just need to sort out chips and chargers
Taskmaster star Stevie Martin: ‘We all need to fight apathy’
Taskmaster star Stevie Martin: ‘We all need to fight apathy’
Her Taskmaster teamwork with Jason Mantzoukas made them the comedy partnership of 2025
Riot Women star Joanna Scanlan: ‘I know now how much I really love life’
Riot Women star Joanna Scanlan: ‘I know now how much I really love life’
Sara Cox: ‘There’s so much good in the world’
Sara Cox: ‘There’s so much good in the world’
The Ridge star Lauren Lyle: ‘It’s mindboggling that war and genocide became so normalised’
The Ridge star Lauren Lyle: ‘It’s mindboggling that war and genocide became so normalised’
Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin: ‘I love that Taylor Swift has found her person’
Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin: ‘I love that Taylor Swift has found her person’
Tim Key: ‘Christmas will be drinks next to the wheelie bins opposite Costcutter’
Tim Key: ‘Christmas will be drinks next to the wheelie bins opposite Costcutter’
Karen Carney: ‘I never thought I’d be on Strictly. I don’t want the year to end’
Karen Carney: ‘I never thought I’d be on Strictly. I don’t want the year to end’
Wales’ first minister Eluned Morgan: ‘We all have to be the change we want to see in the world’
Wales’ first minister Eluned Morgan: ‘We all have to be the change we want to see in the world’
Drag Race star Tia Kofi: ‘Trump winning the election? I wouldn’t call it iconic…’
Drag Race star Tia Kofi: ‘Trump winning the election? I wouldn’t call it iconic…’
Keane star Tom Chaplin: ‘Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis’
Keane star Tom Chaplin: ‘Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis’
Pop star Henry Moodie: ‘I find Donald Trump’s racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting’
Pop star Henry Moodie: ‘I find Donald Trump’s racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting’
Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘We’re in a happiness recession – we need to address it’
Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘We’re in a happiness recession – we need to address it’
Philomena Cunk: ‘Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself’
Philomena Cunk: ‘Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself’
Tom Grennan: ‘The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer’
Tom Grennan: ‘The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer’
John Swinney: ‘I wish my mum had still been alive to see me become first minister’
John Swinney: ‘I wish my mum had still been alive to see me become first minister’
Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success’
Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success’
Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart: ‘If the world had succeeded this year, Trump would be in jail’
Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart: ‘If the world had succeeded this year, Trump would be in jail’
Strike star Holliday Grainger: ‘What did the world get right this year? Not enough’
Strike star Holliday Grainger: ‘What did the world get right this year? Not enough’
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer: ‘I was really nervous before the first election debate’
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer: ‘I was really nervous before the first election debate’
Strictly winner Chris McCausland: ‘The standout moment of 2024? Jürgen Klopp leaving Liverpool’
Strictly winner Chris McCausland: ‘The standout moment of 2024? Jürgen Klopp leaving Liverpool’
Prisons minister James Timpson: ‘We inherited a justice system in crisis – but it’s stabilising’
Prisons minister James Timpson: ‘We inherited a justice system in crisis – but it’s stabilising’
Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee: ‘Winning gold is the best I’ve been as a person’
