Interviews

Cold comfort: Lionel Shriver, who wears gloves indoors because she suffers from Raynaud's phenomenon

Lionel Shriver: 'I had to get to grips with death'

The latest novel from the author of We Need To Talk About Kevin was inspired by the terminal illness of a friend who refused to accept that she was dying

Inside Interviews

A serious man: the newly humbled Rufus Wainwright, still standing after the dramas of drug addiction, tempestuous family conflicts and the death of his mother, the folk singer Kate McGarrigle

Rufus Wainwright: 'Our family is a battered ship...'

Friday, 9 April 2010

The Canadian singer reveals how a series of births and deaths forced him to grow up

Getting serious: Tamsin Greig made her mark in offbeat TV comedy, but a recent triumphant return to the stage has broadened her appeal

Tamsin Greig: 'I think I'm a little bit odd'

Friday, 1 January 2010

When it comes to acting work, Tamsin Greig admits that the phone has never stopped ringing. So why does she still feel inadequate?

Here's Johnny: after a 16-year hiatus, and despite a complete overhaul of their line-up, John Lydon is preparing to take Public Image Ltd on tour

John Lydon: 'I'm not a leader, bully or dictator'

Friday, 11 December 2009

Agitator, innovator, naturist: more than thirty years after crashing into the public sphere, John Lydon is still as hard to define as ever

Malcolm McClaren: '[In the 1970s], this was a failed, miserable country whose infrastructure was dying by the hour. Industry was collapsing - there was nothing'

Malcolm McLaren: 'I'm most probably a missing link'

Friday, 27 November 2009

The Sex Pistols supremo who helped to revolutionise popular culture in the Seventies wants to be recognised as a serious artist

The enemy within: Stephen Poliakoff's 'Glorious 39' portrays a British élite that was more concerned with appeasing than confronting the Nazis

Poliakoff: 'Original work takes arrogance'

Friday, 20 November 2009

The director's latest film is set at the beginning of the Second World War, a period inextricably linked with his own family history

The spy who lucked out: Rupert Penry-Jones is soon to star in The Priory on stage

Rupert Penry-Jones: 'It's nice not to be chasing a bad guy'

Friday, 13 November 2009

Rupert Penry-Jones is grateful to be TV's most famous spy, and with a play set to open, he isn't worried about being typecast

Human whirlwind: Khan has a reputation for pushing the boundaries of his form

Akram Khan: 'You have to become a warrior'

Friday, 6 November 2009

He's the darling of the dance world, and beyond, with artists such as Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley lining up to work with him

In the psychotherapist's chair: Clare Higgins has trained in the subject, and mentored others. Now she is playing Melanie Klein, one of of its pioneers, on stage

Clare Higgins: 'I was a bit of an odd child'

Friday, 30 October 2009

An epiphany at the Royal Shakespeare Company led the award-winning actress first to misbehaviour, and then stardom

Miller's La Bohème was influenced by the photographs of Brassai, who photographed Paris in the Thirties, and by Withnail and I

Jonathan Miller: 'Some things I've done are deep as you get'

Friday, 23 October 2009

The term 'Renaissance man' could have been invented for him. So why, after a long and illustrious career, is Jonathan Miller so gloomy?

Moran says: 'I have hours of material that I've written: some of it is good to go, and some of it is not. It's an endless stew. I am constantly shovelling new bits in'

Dylan Moran: 'I am a bit of a bumbling man, as you can tell..."

Friday, 16 October 2009

Despite his trademark moroseness, it seems that Dylan Moran may not be quite the crank he's cracked himself up to be

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