Interviews
Andrew Gilmour speaks to me from Berlin where he is the Executive Director of the Berghof Foundation, an organisation dedicated to peacebuilding and conflict resolution around the world. He’s just come back from a holiday in his native Scotland which, he smilingly informs me, was apparently the only place not blessed with sun.
Rory Graham aka Rag’n’Bone Man released his platinum-selling debut single, Human, in 2016. Since then, he has dominated the charts with his distinctive deep baritone voice, winning multiple awards along the way and collaborating across musical genres with artists including Pink, Calvin Harris, Gorillaz and Bugzy Malone.
Award-winning quirky and alternative comedian Paul Foot is returning to Oxford this month with his new show, Dissolve which is set to be his most vulnerable and honest yet. We got in touch to find out what we can expect from his performance at Oxford’s New Theatre, as well as – in very Paul Foot fashion – getting side-tracked by King Tutankhamen, and what Jesus might have achieved if he'd been a plumber...
Sam Ryder talks exclusively with OX Magazine ahead of his concert on Thursday 12 December at the O2 Academy, Cowley Road, Oxford.
Laurence Llewelyn Bowen has been adorning both our homes and our TV screens since the mid 90s when – it’s no exaggeration to say – his appearance on BBC’s Changing Rooms revolutionised the UK’s ideas of interior taste and design. His distinctive, flamboyant style has engendered both adoration and abhorrence (perhaps in equal measure).
Award-winning, Oxfordshire-based artist Freddy Paske is best known for his vibrant animal paintings. He is currently preparing for a solo exhibition in London later this month featuring work inspired by his 2023 expeditions to Australia and Africa. We were delighted to have the opportunity to ask him more about his impressive body of work.
Since releasing her triple-platinum selling 2009 debut album Turn in Up, award-winning Pixie Lott has sold in excess of four million singles and achieved three UK number ones.
This month The North Wall welcomes an ambitious staging of the first of writer Ali Smith’s critically acclaimed Seasonal Quartet, Autumn. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2017, the novel is set in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit referendum and explores the interior worlds of 30-something Elisabeth and her cherished friend, Daniel (believe to be somewhere around 101 at last count).
Yvette Fielding started her working life as an actor and at the age of 18 became the youngest presenter on the popular BBC children’s TV show, Blue Peter. Over the course of her career, she has become synonymous with ghouls and hauntings as the frontwoman of paranormal shows including Most Haunted and Ghosthunting With…