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David Harbour: ‘Stranger Things was different from anything I’ve ever experienced in my career’
David Harbour: ‘Stranger Things was different from anything I’ve ever experienced in my career’
As Stranger Things returns, David Harbour, aka Hawkins police chief Jim Hopper, talks about the weirdness of fame and how our upside-down world has created monsters for all of us to fight.
Stranger Things star David Harbour says Gandalf and Han Solo inspired Hopper’s ‘resurrection’
Stranger Things star David Harbour says Gandalf and Han Solo inspired Hopper’s ‘resurrection’
Speaking exclusively to The Big Issue, David Harbour talks about his character’s fate and lying to everyone about it ahead of season four of Stranger Things.
Grand Designs people are not like the rest of us
Grand Designs people are not like the rest of us
Lucy Sweet admires the vision and bravery of those on the popular homebuilding TV show – but wonders why they bother
From sofa surfing to the stage: This artistic director wants to give people experiencing homelessness a new lease of life
From sofa surfing to the stage: This artistic director wants to give people experiencing homelessness a new lease of life
The Derry Girls finale: sublime television – poignant, political and properly funny
The Derry Girls finale: sublime television – poignant, political and properly funny
Lea Thompson on directing Star Trek: Picard and her plan to make a Howard the Duck sequel
Lea Thompson on directing Star Trek: Picard and her plan to make a Howard the Duck sequel
‘You’re rewarded for being funny, not being right’: How Oxford Tory ‘chums’ came to run the country
‘You’re rewarded for being funny, not being right’: How Oxford Tory ‘chums’ came to run the country
Doctor Who: Going back to the future with David Tennant and Catherine Tate heralds an exciting new era
Doctor Who: Going back to the future with David Tennant and Catherine Tate heralds an exciting new era
Stuart Murdoch on Belle and Sebastian’s poppy antidote to the pervasive gloom
Stuart Murdoch on Belle and Sebastian’s poppy antidote to the pervasive gloom
Joe Wicks: ‘My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be’
Joe Wicks: ‘My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be’
Six months on, as music festivals begin again, it’s like the Astroworld disaster never happened
Six months on, as music festivals begin again, it’s like the Astroworld disaster never happened
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless
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‘Mistakes are not a failure, they are part of the gig,’ says TV presenter Angela Scanlon
‘Mistakes are not a failure, they are part of the gig,’ says TV presenter Angela Scanlon
Kathy Sledge: ‘Seeing everyone come together for Black Lives Matter meant so much to me’
Kathy Sledge: ‘Seeing everyone come together for Black Lives Matter meant so much to me’
Play it again: The remarkable revival of cassettes
Play it again: The remarkable revival of cassettes
Outlander and A Discovery of Witches star Steven Cree: ‘These shows have the power to unite people’
Outlander and A Discovery of Witches star Steven Cree: ‘These shows have the power to unite people’
River Clyde by Simone Buchholz review: A daring, original crime story
River Clyde by Simone Buchholz review: A daring, original crime story
Muse and Razorlight complete triumphant return with electrifying live show in support of The Big Issue
Muse and Razorlight complete triumphant return with electrifying live show in support of The Big Issue
Razorlight’s Johnny Borrell: ‘Homelessness is like this collective blind spot’
Razorlight’s Johnny Borrell: ‘Homelessness is like this collective blind spot’
Muse’s Matt Bellamy: ‘The will of the people can be something to be frightened of’
Muse’s Matt Bellamy: ‘The will of the people can be something to be frightened of’
The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa: From sofa surfing and Sex Education to Doctor Who
The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa: From sofa surfing and Sex Education to Doctor Who
Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she’s written
Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she’s written
John Simm: ‘I got rid of the music and clubbing and got into some proper serious drama’
John Simm: ‘I got rid of the music and clubbing and got into some proper serious drama’
Life On Mars sequel has ‘a lot of travelling in time and car chases’, John Simm reveals
Life On Mars sequel has ‘a lot of travelling in time and car chases’, John Simm reveals
How the National Youth Orchestra is levelling the playing field
How the National Youth Orchestra is levelling the playing field
Mike Scott of The Waterboys: ‘Taylor Swift made me cry’
Mike Scott of The Waterboys: ‘Taylor Swift made me cry’
The Contractor review: Mindless title, mindful military thriller
The Contractor review: Mindless title, mindful military thriller
What did we learn from the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer on Star Wars day?
What did we learn from the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer on Star Wars day?
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield review: A mystical thriller with serious depth
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield review: A mystical thriller with serious depth
Parminder Nagra on Bend It Like Beckham’s legacy and celebrating birthdays with George Clooney
