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James McMahon

July 2024

  • Roisin Murphy performing at the Brixton Academy in London, 2021.

    This much I know
    Róisín Murphy: ‘I think our culture is too hedonistic’

    The singer, 51, on making memories, disliking therapy, and a terrifying meeting with Grace Jones

July 2023

  • Peter Hook: ‘The Summer of Love, from ’87 to ’89, is a blissful time in our memories.’

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    Peter Hook: ‘I never get sick of hearing World in Motion’

  • tokl20160118-011<br>Skunk

    This much I know
    Skin: ‘I get bored if things aren’t hard’

April 2023

  • Angela Hartnett photographed at home for Observer Food Monthly Hair and makeup: Juliana Sergot using Bobbi Brown and TIGI Styling: Hope Lawrie Khaki blouse, £29.50 Marks &amp; Spencer

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    Angela Hartnett: ‘Gordon Ramsay shouting became like water off a duck’s back’

    The chef, 54, talks about getting annoyed by TV cooking shows, enjoying the occasional massive bucket from KFC and being taught to cook by her Italian grandma

February 2023

  • Mo Gilligan<br>Mosiah Bikila Gilligan is a British stand-up comedian. He is known for his observational comedy. After several years of uploading comedy clips to social media, he found global success in 2017. He hosted The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, which debuted in 2019 on Channel 4

    Sunday with Mo Gilligan: ‘I drop everything on a Sunday’

    The comedian tells James McMahon about his laid-back day including Caribbean food, football, jogging on the spot, watching video games and nobly taking the bins out

December 2022

  • ‘I’m panicking about how many years I have left to make music’: Graham Coxon.

    This much I know
    Graham Coxon: ‘Music has always been there for me’

    The Blur guitarist, 53, on his addictive personality, making music as you age and being a Britpop brat

November 2022

  • Joan Armatrading

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    Joan Armatrading: ‘Nelson Mandela gave great hugs’

  • Brian Eno © Cecily Eno

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    Brian Eno: ‘Sex, drugs, art… they’re all ways of surrendering’

August 2022

  • Lemn Sissay, Times UK, August 23, 2019<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 21: Author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay is photographed for Men's Health magazine on November 21, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Hamish Brown/Contour by Getty Images)

    This much I know
    Lemn Sissay: ‘I’m not angry any more, but it’s a daily battle not to be’

    The poet and broadcaster, 55, on the power of forgiveness, growing up in care, loving poetry from the age of 12 and getting his OBE

January 2022

  • Harlan Coben in a pale blue shirt, standing next to red curtains

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    Harlan Coben: ‘I used to write in the back of Ubers’

    The writer, 59, on working in a disco, being an introvert and growing up Jewish

November 2021

  • Dennis Bovell MBE is a Barbados-born reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer, based in England. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym Blackbeard.

    This much I know
    Dennis Bovell: ‘I’m still angry about the six months I was jailed, wrongfully’

    The reggae musician and producer, 68, tells James McMahon about Bob Marley, Linton Kwesi Johnson, police intimidation, impressing his dad and writing songs in prison to vent his anger

August 2021

  • Turnstile

    Turnstile: can hardcore punk’s biggest band conquer the mainstream?

  • Martha Wainwright Portrait Shoot, Bristol<br>BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 25: Portrait of Canadian-American musician Martha Wainwright, photographed before a live performance at St George’s Church in Bristol, on January 25, 2017. (Photo by Joseph Branston/Guitarist Magazine/Future via Getty Images)

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    Martha Wainwright: ‘Divorce has given me wisdom’

July 2021

  • Sport/News<br>German Tennis player and Wimbledon champion Boris Becker feature. Pic Andy Hooper/Daily Mail

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    Boris Becker: ‘When I was winning at Wimbledon it was no “blitzkrieg”’

  • Bad Bunny at Wrestlemania

    From Motörhead to Bad Bunny: why music and wrestling make such a great tag team

June 2021

  • Army of the Dead

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    Undead on arrival: should zombies run or lurch?

    From 28 Days Later to Army of the Dead, fast zombies are everywhere – but aren’t they supposed to be slow and unsteady?

May 2021

  • Observer New Review Nadine Shah singer at the Jolly Sailor pub in Whitburn, South Tyneside. 19/08/2018

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    Nadine Shah: ‘My creativity comes from my time in hospital’

  • Andrew Anthony plays tennis with Geoff Dyer, Queens Park, London

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    Geoff Dyer: ‘I am what you might describe as chippy’

April 2021

  • Daine

    This week's new tracks
    This week’s new tracks: Daine, Sam Gellaitry, Hail the Sun

    This week we’ve got Australian emo/trap, the bubbly electro sound of summer, and an unwanted slice of smug rock

March 2021

  • The Battersea Poltergeist

    Fear in your ear: the unstoppable rise of the horror podcast

    The Battersea Poltergeist is just one of many surging up the charts. Its creator, and others, explain why the pandemic has led people to seek out scary stories
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