Interviews

The rumours are true: Stereophonic’s debt to Fleetwood Mac

It’s this year’s big West End hit but the co-producer of the classic album thinks the play is secondhand news

Joyce Carol Oates: ‘In some ways, I’m writing into a vacuum’

The celebrated and prolific novelist discusses her latest book, the trend for autofiction and the magic of Ulysses

Sarah Hall: ‘The Helm Wind was like a childhood friend’

The author’s new novel is inspired by the dramatic Cumbrian skies of her formative years – and was 20 years in the making

Will Young: ‘Famous people go on about their bloody dogs’

The Pop Idol star, actor and podcaster on getting banned from Tinder, and advocating for dogs

‘Blessings and challenges – it’s the same life force’

The poet and musician, 39, talks about the power of music and gender dysphoria

Antony Szmierek: ‘Playing a festival is like teaching’

The English teacher turned pop star on Manchester, live shows, and his amazing rise to fame

Zandra Rhodes on keeping her temper and dressing Princess Diana

The fashion designer, 84, talks about growing up in the Kent countryside, being arrested for growing cannabis, keeping her temper and dressing Princess Diana

Lynn Barber: ‘People say, “You must give up smoking.” Give up pleasure? No!’

The peerless interviewer talks about her Penthouse days, swerving chemotherapy, making friends with great artists and not asking for permission

‘People say actors should keep out of politics, but life is political’

The Say Nothing star on her latest role as a murdered Russian journalist, switching off from grisly projects and how TV can spark change

Disaster response expert: don’t be resilient - be ready

The disaster response expert says rather than being resilient, what’s important is being ready

Prue Leith, restaurateur, 85

The chef talks about her Shakespearean mother, getting a buzz out of business, good experiences with adoption and the fourth plinth at Tragalgar Square

Maurizio Cattelan: the art world’s enfant terrible

Bananas taped to walls, gold lavatories and suicidal squirrels – Maurizio Cattelan’s work intends to provoke, shock and amuse. But is it even art? Andrew Anthony leans in to the iconoclastic Italian

Nick Frost’s plan for the zombie apocalypse

The quick-witted actor discusses his upcoming role as Hagrid and his plan for the end of days

Munroe Bergdorf meets the moment

Outspoken and highly influential, the model, author and activist is a force for our times

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong turns his eye to tech bros

The creator of the decade’s most-lauded TV drama, turns his satirical eye to tech bros. He tells Andrew Anthony about his debut feature film

Sian Gibson: ‘I don’t feel famous at all’

The writer and star of The Power of Parker on her love for the 90s and the call-centre job she went back to after her comedy hit

Liz Diller: ‘Do work that you’re totally unqualified to do’

The architect behind New York’s High Line on reimagining the storage space at the V&A in London and her verdict on The Brutalist

Pulp: Are you ready for More?

Pulp are back and bigger than ever. Jarvis Cocker and fellow members Candida Doyle, Nick Banks and Mark Webber talk about their accidental new album, growing up while refusing to grow old … and the sex pond at the back of Banks’s garden