Melvyn Bragg: “I’m not letting my past go”
Bragg is one of our most industrious public intellectuals, but his inner life is replete with mystery and devotion
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Slavoj Žižek interview: “Trump created a crack in the liberal centrist hegemony”
The Marxist philosopher on why catastrophe gives him hope.
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alt-J: “More recognition wouldn’t prompt us to start doing cocaine in night club toilets”
The indie oddballs on hip-hop remixes, songs about grandmas and going unrecognised.
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Wolf Alice: “Musicians don’t have the energy left to be rivals anymore”
The rising stars on Jeremy Corbyn, Generation Y, and why they are happy to alienate right-wing fans.
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Sally Rooney on sex, power and the art of being normal
The 27-year-old Booker-nominated author, hailed as the voice of millennial fiction, discusses the success of her second novel, Normal People.
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Richard Branson Q&A: Mick Jagger’s lyrics suit me – I’ve started a few adventures
The entrepreneur talks ballooning world records, Yuval Noah Harari, and his love of Blue Planet II.
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Paul Chowdhry: “Mental health problems aren’t really discussed in the Asian community.”
The stand-up on stereotypes, grief and taking the piss out of ignorance.
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Ahir Shah: “The Empire is to Britain what the slave trade is to the United States”
The comedian on Brexit, minority identity and why he doesn't mind offending white people.
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“It’s cool that some people hate my show”: St Vincent on fan backlash and Chinese massages
The singer messages me on Twitter the next day. “Dude!” she says, “I’m sorry I was a cock.”
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Romola Garai: “Most people in this country would be proud to be considered intolerant”
Some of the actor’s ancestors died in the Holocaust; now she’s speaking out about Britain’s response to the refugee crisis.
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“People want the shiny stuff. We’re a bit too real”: the rise, fall and return of Tricky
Two decades ago, he captured the dark side of Cool Britannia and was set for global stardom. What happened?
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“I don’t want to burst into tears on stage”: The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt
The cult chamber pop curmudgeon on the process of writing a song for every year of his life – and how…
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Phil Wang on engineering comedy, Footlights, and why Brexit is a cock block
“There isn’t a shortage of Asian engineers. There is a shortage of Asian comedians.”
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Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan: why I don’t understand my own band
How one frontman died three times.
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From Harry Potter to Jimmy Savile: Jack Thorne on the darkness that defines his dramas
The writer who brought Harry Potter to the stage talks about a difficult childhood, his hopes for Labour, and his new production of Woyzeck.
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Ray Davies on understanding hipsters, not talking to Pete Townshend – and why he fled Tony Blair’s Britain
At the end of the interview, the Kinks frontman says, "You haven't asked me anything."
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Marin Alsop on conducting: “You’re not there to be liked”
The American conductor on why there aren’t more women following in her footsteps.
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Charlotte Church: “We underestimated how angry white men are“
The singer on Donald Trump, grass-roots rebellion and why Jeremy Corbyn can't win.
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“It’s dangerous to be cynical”: Playwright James Graham on bringing political crisis to the stage
As This House hits the West End, its writer tells us why he won’t preach about politics, and will still…
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Moby: “The average American IQ is around 98”
Moby, the vegan king of chill-out pop, talks wealth, David Bowie’s hat and the average intelligence of his fellow Americans.
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