‘i didn’t know how to be a human’

With more than 75 million albums sold, a string of No1 hits and dozens of awards to his name, it’s fair to say that Robbie Williams is a British icon. “His impact in music is extraordinary,” says Genn

Becoming an adult It’s three decades since Pulp’s ...

Lee Mack is Britain’s wittiest man and creator of the longest-running sitcom currently on TV. But is the secret of his success down to comedy genes, the hyperfocus of ADHD – or meditation and sobriety?

“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

It’s a funny old world

...by the news that Piers Morgan has just been voted the UK’s sexiest man(!), knocking Jeremy Clarkson off the top spot after the farmer’s two previous wins. In the Illicit Encounters annual poll of 2