Jeremy clarkson

“I used to watch a lot of telly as a kid,” says Jarvis Cocker, relaxing on a sofa in the meeting room at Rough Trade Records HQ in Notting Hill. “It would give me a representation of the world that wa

He’s fronted the nation’s favourite countryside show for 16 years. Matt Baker on rescuing sheep, life-changing farmer dramas and feeling like a duck out of water

Actually, Merlin McCormack does not identify as a ‘car dealer’. Reclining in his tumbledown office, I ask how he prefers to be branded. “We like to wind people up. We decorated our f**king showroom li

After 69 series, the team captains of Have I Got News for You are bound by mutual respect but still manage to surprise each other

Motoring journalist, or quality-assurance final boss?

Matt James puts the MN readers’ questions to the queen of competition PR – and of so many other things besides