The author, 75, tells James McMahon about escaping into books, becoming politicised as a teacher, and not knowing what will happen tomorrow
February 2021
Thrills and gut-spills: why have Vikings taken over pop culture?
From The Masked Singer to Norsemen and, er, Vikings, the invasion of the uproarious and anti-authoritarian Norse people has begun
They came at night: how a Spanish-speaking cast shot an alternative Dracula after Bela Lugosi had gone to bed
Ninety years ago, two groundbreaking horror movies were movies: Lugosi’s official chiller and a covert version – which might just be its superior
TV is starting to get OCD right – so why can't EastEnders?
Television has a history of missteps when it comes to obsessive-compulsive disorder. But there are some positive signs of change
January 2021
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Flea: ‘There is joy in obsession. But I’m not sure it’s healthy’
The musician and actor, 58, on falling in and out of love with his band, growing from pain, and learning from Patti Smith
December 2020
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The video games you may have missed in 2020
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Francis Ford Coppola: ‘Life is a great screenwriter’
November 2020
Meet Chubby and the Gang, UK punk’s most vital new band
Silver Sun's James Broad brought a dazzling new side to Britpop
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October 2020
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Chuck D: ‘I don’t think old folks should be leaders’
The rapper, 60, tells James McMahon about forgetting lyrics, visiting Africa and confronting institutions with Public Enemy
August 2020
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Toni Braxton: ‘I regret not having more sex when I was younger’
The singer, 52, tells James McMahon about discovering her talent, meeting Stevie Wonder and the downside of her religious upbringing
April 2020
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Rufus Wainwright: ‘I have always been an old soul’
The musician, 46, on coping with grief, becoming a parent and why he loves being a pop star
March 2020
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Kyle MacLachlan: ‘I don’t understand all of Twin Peaks’
The actor, 61, talks about Agent Cooper, working with David Lynch and how he got it wrong with Showgirls
February 2020
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Don Letts: ‘Punk was a refuge from racism’
Green Day: 'Rock'n'roll helps you dance through the apocalypse'
January 2020
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Stellan Skarsgård: ‘I don’t give advice to my children’
The actor, 68, tells James McMahon about dreaming of being a diplomat, smashing telephones with skill and the days before Marvel ruled the world
December 2019
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Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock: ‘I have little doubt that aliens are out there’
The space scientist, 51, tells James McMahon about appearing in The Clangers, being the class clown, how science can save us and extraterrestial life forms
September 2019
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Jess Phillips: ‘If you cut me, I bleed Birmingham’
From smashing tiles to driving sheds: the weird world of wacky record breakers
August 2019
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Anna Paquin: ‘I am absolutely a control freak. It’s in my DNA’
The actor, 37, on breaking Oscar protocol, loving film-set pranks, and being a backseat producer even as a child
