Michael Parkinson: “The BBC’s future is being debated in a destructive, binary fashion”
The veteran talk-show host on broadcasting’s halcyon days, car-crash interviews and today’s “charlatans in high office”.
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Nick Cave: “I don’t think art should be in the hands of the virtuous”
The musician on why Morrissey matters, his deepening faith and grieving for his sons.
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William Orbit: “If you confound Madonna, a red mist comes down”
The producer worked his magic with Britney Spears, All Saints and Blur. In his sixties a drug binge and breakdown…
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason: “The cello is a part of you”
The 23-year-old has already played for the royals and tackled the Elgar Cello Concerto. Where does he go from here?
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Lisa Nandy: “I disliked the cults around Blair and Corbyn: one man doesn’t change things”
On the road in Wigan, the shadow minister talks levelling up, the Tory leadership – and how Labour can define…
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Britain’s best chef Clare Smyth: “My team are like robots – you can’t stop the machine”
Her mentor Gordon Ramsay has called her the Margaret Thatcher of cooking. Where does the only British woman with three…
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Angela Rayner: “The Tories fear me because I say it how I see it”
As deputy Labour leader, she has proved both an asset and a liability. Is she destined to lead her party?
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Tracey Emin interview: “When I die, there could be riots”
Having survived cancer, the artist has returned home to Margate. Now she’s working on her legacy.
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