Steve Rosenberg: the last man in Moscow
The BBC reporter talks courting Putin, playing piano with Gorbachev, and the rising tensions of a nation at war.
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John Simpson: “No matter the danger, I wanted to strut my stuff”
At 80, the broadcaster reflects on his favourite dictators, being tortured, why Trump is “so distasteful”, and the damage Tony…
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Lynn Barber’s conversation pieces
The celebrity interviewer on men speaking over her, her most interesting subject, and entering her ninth decade.
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Slavoj Žižek’s war with the left
At 75, the “rock star” intellectual has alienated many. But is his politics a strange source of sanity?
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Pet Shop Boys: “Labour could do with an infusion of idealism”
The pop duo on Keir Starmer, the royals, Marvel and the word “queer”.
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Jake Humphrey: “I would not have succeeded in TV without failure”
The podcaster and sports broadcaster on what he’s learned from high achievers and why men need mental resilience.
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Matthew Ball’s cerebral ballet
The Royal Ballet principal on embracing pain, bringing the unconscious to the stage, and the dance world after #MeToo.
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“I didn’t want anyone to know it was me”: on being Joni Mitchell’s “Carey”
For 50 years, the “mean old daddy” immortalised in one of Mitchell’s best-loved songs has been an enigma. Now he…
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