Former LS writer Lucy Holden has won ‘student feature writer of the year’ at the prestigious Guardian Student Media Awards. Holden was the editor of LS’s Lifestyle and Culture section from 2012-2013, and studied English […]
TV: MasterChef 2013: Rukmini Iyer
And then there were twelve. The remaining MasterChef contestants are stepping up their game this week for Knockout week, trying to win just one of four places in next week’s semi-finals. Rukmini Iyer talks to Lucy Holden. […]
TV: MasterChef 2013: Ollie Hunter
And then there were twelve. The remaining MasterChef contestants are stepping up their game this week for Knockout week, trying to win just one of four places in next week’s semi-finals. Ollie Hunter talks […]
The Interview: Giles Coren
“Sorry what was the question? I was just thinking about myself” Over rabbit and chickpeas and a side of speck, Lucy Holden talks psychoanalysis, narcissism and expletives with Giles Coren in Kentish Town. Giles Coren […]
The Interview: Rick Edwards
“Fame Is Ephemeral” T4 prodigy Rick Edwards talks vanity, fickle fame and celebrity comedy with Lucy Holden over coffee in Kentish Town. Rick Edwards drinks black coffee and has a sweetly formal handshake. “Hello, I’m […]
The Interview: Celebrity Chef Adam Byatt
“It’s very rare that you get stripped of everything and have to ask yourself: can I do this?” When Adam Byatt eventually walks into his new restaurant in Clapham where I’ve been waiting for nearly […]
Books: New Review: The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
How could J. K. Rowling’s first ‘book for adults’ ever be received as momentously as the world of Harry Potter; the world we joined the author in dwelling for so many glorious childhood years? […]
Books: New Review: Zoo Time by Howard Jacobson
Within the first few pages of Zoo Time Guy Ableman, Howard Jacobson’s unlikely hero, is abused by an unruly reading group for hating all women and children, reprimanded for stuffing his face with a […]
The Interview: Phillip Breen "Fear stalks the rehearsal room"
Doesn’t sex and violence obsess every seventeen-year-old boy?” asks Phillip Breen when I question the choice of play that became his directing debut: Ariel Dorfman’s Death And The Maiden – a harrowing tale of […]
Books: New Review: Waiting For Sunrise by William Boyd
Like any novel with William Boyd’s name on it, Waiting For Sunrise oozes class and sophistication. Those eleven little letters on the front of the novel are, for many readers, enough to know it is […]
Books: New Review: A Possible Life by Sebastian Faulks
There are a few authors who inspire complete confidence; unless something has gone horribly wrong, their newest offering will be brilliant. Sebastian Faulks is – one of those authors, but even he admits A […]
The Interview: Gennaro Contaldo
“If I had to vote for a saint Jamie would be it. He’s good for the country.” At the BBC Studios on Great Portland Street, Gennaro Contaldo talks to Lucy Holden about his childhood […]