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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
James McMahon
08, Apr, 2023 @1:00 PM

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
James McMahon
12, Feb, 2023 @6:45 AM

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
James McMahon
03, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM

Joan Armatrading: ‘Nelson Mandela gave great hugs’
The singer on arriving in the UK alone aged 7, her first £3 guitar, and meeting the anti-apartheid activist
James McMahon
26, Nov, 2022 @2:00 PM

Brian Eno: ‘Sex, drugs, art… they’re all ways of surrendering’
The musician and artist, 74, on doing something about the climate crisis and a great joke he heard the other day
James McMahon
05, Nov, 2022 @2:00 PM

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
James McMahon
27, Aug, 2022 @1:00 PM

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
James McMahon
08, Jan, 2022 @2:00 PM

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
James McMahon
06, Nov, 2021 @2:00 PM

Turnstile: can hardcore punk’s biggest band conquer the mainstream?
With their major-label deal and collaborations with Dev Hynes, the Baltimore five-piece are pushing at rock music’s boundaries
James McMahon
24, Aug, 2021 @8:00 AM

Martha Wainwright: ‘Divorce has given me wisdom’
The musician, 45, talks about putting down roots, losing her mother, playing music and and how middle age has been a transformative time
James McMahon
07, Aug, 2021 @1:00 PM

Boris Becker: ‘When I was winning at Wimbledon it was no “blitzkrieg”’
The tennis player, 53, talks to James McMahon about Naomi Osaka and mental health, lion-hearted Andy Murray and defying corny cultural stereotypes
James McMahon
03, Jul, 2021 @1:00 PM

From Motörhead to Bad Bunny: why music and wrestling make such a great tag team
Poppy – who is releasing her new EP via the wrestling behemoth – joins the likes of Cyndi Lauper, Limp Bizkit and Pitbull in the squared circle
James McMahon
02, Jul, 2021 @12:00 PM
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