“The BBC won’t survive another Tory government”: Nish Kumar on the British comedy culture wars
The comedian reflects on becoming public enemy number one in Britain’s battle over what it can and cannot joke about.
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Jean-Michel Blais: “Tourette’s is like electricity, so I divert it into playing piano”
The composer is helping scientists understand why his tics disappear on stage – and waging war on a "boring" modern…
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Lee Child: “I never believed in writer’s block”
The prolific creator of Jack Reacher thinks the obsession with his coffee- and cigarette-fuelled process is pure pretension.
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“Social media is sentient neoliberalism”: Symeon Brown on the exploitative influencer economy
In his debut book, Brown exposes the dark side of influencing, tracking gruesome body horror stories and underpaid garment workers…
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“Food is a dreamspace”: Vittles founder on revolutionising restaurant writing
Elitist and inaccessible food writing needs a dose of politics, Jonathan Nunn says, because the biggest issues of our time…
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Sheila Heti: “When someone you love dies, you become close to the world of the dead”
The Canadian author on grief, nature, fiction and why criticism may be the purpose of life.
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Keith Brymer Jones: “My dad couldn’t handle emotion. I’ll cry over a pot, for God’s sake”
The Great Pottery Throw Down judge reflects on the magic of clay, therapy and the difference between a ceramicist and…
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Timmy Mallett is still serious about being wacky
Thirty years after his final Wacaday episode, the most distinctive children’s presenter of the 1980s keeps his mallet in hand.
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