The comedian talks about his propensity for coming up with the most offensive jokes, his influence on Twitter and his new Netflix special Ricky Gervais is sandwiched between Barack Obama and Bill Gates. Last year, Brandwatch named him the seventh most inf ...
6 Apr 2018 - Steven MacKenzie
The actor and comedian talks to The Big Issue about his new book and how he never wants his battle with addiction to be a secret Gone are the trademark cheeky taunts and rapid-fire speech. Instead, Russell Brand – calling Street Roots’ sister paper The Bi ...
24 Nov 2017 - Anastasia Safioleas
Pop star Beck contributes to a celebrity series of letters to younger versions of themselves for street papers worldwide. Beck talks about the “insanity” of public life, the hard times of his teenage years — and a life-changing trip to London. When I was ...
25 Jul 2015 - Beck
The actress on three-dimensional female characters, X-Files reboot and driving with Top Gear The truth may be out there but Gillian Anderson isn't interested. Best known for her role as skeptical (and smoldering) FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The ...
25 May 2015 - Steven MacKenzie
A new film profiles puppeteer Caroll Spinney, the man behind some of ‘Sesame Street’s’ most-adored stars If you are able to read this sentence, chances are it’s partly due to “Sesame Street.” The show has taught literacy skills to generations of children ...
15 May 2015 - Steven MacKenzie
It is the last day of filming on “Castles in the Sky.” We are in Eddie Izzard’s trailer, in a car park in Edinburgh. It is sparse, no home comforts here, with just an iPhone, a pair of headphones and a script on the table to hint that it is in use. “You’r ...
25 Sep 2014 - Adrian Lobb
Ralph Steadman was born in Merseyside in 1936 and grew up in North Wales. He found his calling in a tiny advert for a Percy V Bradshaw illustration course: “You too can learn to draw and earn £££s”. In the 1960s his work appeared in Punch and Private Eye, ...
24 Jul 2014 - Adam Forrest