Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly is a multimedia journalist, award-winning columnist and podcaster with a longstanding passion for The Big Issue's social mission. She is the Culture Editor of The Big Issue, and leads the Venue Watch campaign to champion grassroots music venues.
Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton's Edinburgh Fringe
Comedian Paul Merton ahead of his improv show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Interview

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton's Edinburgh Fringe

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in Black and white
fighting misogyny

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’
Ruby McCollister in a flowing white gown, for her Edinburgh debut
macabre cabaret

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’

How Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to speak truth to power – and inspired a new generation
A young Sinéad O’Connor
Film

How Sinéad O’Connor risked it all to speak truth to power – and inspired a new generation

Good Omens 2: Behind the scenes with an infernal demon
Laura Kelly

Good Omens 2: Behind the scenes with an infernal demon

Rone: 'Most of my works have been destroyed'
Painting of a woman's face in a room
street art

Rone: 'Most of my works have been destroyed'

The Bearded Explorer ventures into derelict buildings to reveal their secrets
The Bearded Explorer examine a car
Interview

The Bearded Explorer ventures into derelict buildings to reveal their secrets

Watch Supergrass star Gaz Coombes’ new single with choir for homeless people
Gaz Coombes with The Choir With No Name
singing together

Watch Supergrass star Gaz Coombes’ new single with choir for homeless people

Prince would blast me with his charm, says Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs
Prince and The Bangles, led by singer Susanna Hoffs
Manic Monday

Prince would blast me with his charm, says Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs

Pulp at TRNSMT, Glasgow: Class anger made transcendent
Pulp at TRNSMT
review

Pulp at TRNSMT, Glasgow: Class anger made transcendent

Sincerity or cynicism? The captivating slipperiness of Ben Folds
Ben Folds sitting on a piano
Interview

Sincerity or cynicism? The captivating slipperiness of Ben Folds

Punch a Nazi: The morally certain joy of Indiana Jones, from Raiders to the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) getting ready to whoop those Nazis in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Analysis

Punch a Nazi: The morally certain joy of Indiana Jones, from Raiders to the Dial of Destiny