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Adam Jacques

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Adam Jacques is a features writer for The Independent on Sunday.

Daniel Brühl and Fran Healy photographed in front of the Ernst Thalmann monument in Berlin
Profiles

How We Met: Daniel Brühl & Fran Healy

Wellington, right, says of Webster: 'Everyone can see how bubbly and happy she is in front of the camera, but away from it she has a steely determination and grit'
Profiles

How We Met: Charlie Webster & Chrissie Wellington

Brookmyre says: 'You can't overvalue someone who actually has some information and truth to contribute, as opposed to an opinionated celebrity'
Features

Christopher Brookmyre on turning down Question Time

Cairney, left, says: 'Brie is such a perfectionist and can get wrapped up in something looking incredible, when it just needs to get done. She is so sensitive that sometimes I just want to protect her.'
Profiles

How We Met: Gemma Cairney & Brigitte Aphrodite

Eagleman says: 'Our brains are like a neural parliament: we've got all these competing political parties fighting for control'
Profiles

Neuroscientist David Eagleman on emotions and the voices in his head

Lipscomb says: 'There's nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure; we are supposed to manifest the glory of God that is in us'
Profiles

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb on Liszt and Henry VIII

Profiles

Dame Eileen Atkins: 'Some women want to be subjugated'

Parks, left, says: 'Jane is a lot shyer than me; I'm very enthusiastic and upfront and tell it as it is. In our friendship we play out different roles for each other'
Profiles

How We Met: Adele Parks & Jane Fallon

Profiles

Louise Doughty on her Romany history, and drinking with the Brontës

Lorius says: 'My family could easily have told me I was not a good father I was away for such a long time'
News

Claude Lorius on proving global warming with whiskey

Lloyd says: 'I'm proud to say I'm ignorant, and knowing that is fantastically relaxing, as you don't feel you have to compete any more.'
Profiles

John Lloyd on his cure for depression, and his love of New Year's Eve

'Like all great relationships, we met online'
People

How we met: Dan Schreiber and James Harkin

Clive Rowe
People

Clive Rowe: The pantomime dame on his dislike of Cinderella

People

Clive Rowe: The pantomime dame on his dislike of Cinderella

Clive Rowe
Sellers, right, says of Poulter: ‘We talk about everything together and give each other advice on girls and life’
Profiles

How We Met: Will Poulter & Tom Sellers

Watt says: 'The Big drinks companies are responsible for alcohol abuse in the UK because of their pricing policies. I want to elevate the status of beer by educating and enlightening people'
Features

'Shock' brewer James Watt talks 55 per cent beer, and Darth Vader

Lambton says: 'He's my golden boy, my hero, though his non-stop jabbering away could be construed as a fault at times!'
Profiles

How We Met: David Harrison & Lucinda Lambton

Pavey after winning gold in the Women's 10,000 metres at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich last year
Profiles

Jo Pavey on Russian doping, and the joys of a traffic-free London

Pavey after winning gold in the Women's 10,000 metres at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich last year
Profiles

Jo Pavey on Russian doping, and the joys of a traffic-free London

Siri's responses can be enigmatic
Tech

Apple has updated Siri, but would you let it run your life?

Paget (left) says of LA: 'I love seeing the person she's become: the kindest, most upbeat woman, with a smile like a baby cherub!'
Profiles

How We Met: Clara Paget & Georgia LA

Levelland Oil and Gas Field #2, Hockley County, Texas
Features

Mishka Henner’s The Fields captures scale of America's oil industry

Stride, left, says: ‘If I ever hear he's interviewing a band, I always send him some notes on them’
Profiles

How We Met: Roy Stride & Jonathan Agnew

Krotoski says: 'There is a giant world out there that has been around a hell of a lot longer than me, and will be there a hell of a lot longer after – just let it go, man!'
Profiles

Social psychologist Aleks Krotoski on being a troll

Lloyd, right, says of Selznick: ‘He’s got a varied life and is surrounded by such fascinating people’
Profiles

How We Met: Brian Selznick & Harry Lloyd

If I do a good ride now, people wonder if I'm doping. History will prove that I was doing it the right way
Cycling

Geraint Thomas on doping, learning Welsh, and craving curries

Cocker, right, says: 'With Chilly I've realised that going on stage can be fun, that I don't have to feel terrified. With him it's like a party, so I've tried to loosen up and open my eyes to the experience'
Features

How We Met: Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker

Lloyd, right, says of Selznick: ‘He’s got a varied life and is surrounded by such fascinating people’
Profiles

How We Met: Brian Selznick & Harry Lloyd

If I do a good ride now, people wonder if I'm doping. History will prove that I was doing it the right way
Cycling

Geraint Thomas on doping, learning Welsh, and craving curries

Cocker, right, says: 'With Chilly I've realised that going on stage can be fun, that I don't have to feel terrified. With him it's like a party, so I've tried to loosen up and open my eyes to the experience'
Features

How We Met: Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis Cocker

Thomas says: 'People who say online activism doesn't achieve anything are wrong. Any online action has an impact: people reading and finding out about stuff is a start in itself'
Profiles

Mark Thomas talks opera, charity shops, and Nicholas Soames

Profiles

Mark Thomas talks opera, charity shops, and Nicholas Soames

Thomas says: 'People who say online activism doesn't achieve anything are wrong. Any online action has an impact: people reading and finding out about stuff is a start in itself'
Parker says of Smith: 'I like his raffish second-hand car-dealer persona and eccentric dress sense. Those bright clothes and interesting sideburns make him memorable.'
Profiles

How We Met: Bob and Roberta Smith & Cornelia Parker

Kerr says: 'The only material thing that I really don't want to lose is my house – I don't want to go back to that flat!'
Profiles

Jim Kerr on his council high-rise and love of hiking

Nitin Sawhney and Joss Stone
People

​How Joss Stone and Nitin Sawhney met

Judy Collins, 76, is a Grammy award-winning American singer-songwriter
News

Singer Judy Collins on demons, going paleo, and trashing hotel rooms

Judy Collins, 76, is a Grammy award-winning American singer-songwriter
News

Singer Judy Collins on demons, going paleo, and trashing hotel rooms

Hélène Darroze,
People

Michelin-starred chef Helene Darroze on being Ratatouille's 'Collette'

Homme, right, says: 'Over the years, things have been rough for the both of us and Eagles became our cure for pain'
Profiles

How We Met: Jesse Hughes & Josh Homme

Nayyar says: 'A lot of people gravitate towards the theatre because you can feel safe about not being what society expects'
Features

The Big Bang Theory's Kunal Nayyar on fame and kissing Winnie Cooper

Profiles

Stephen Frears & John Lahr: 'There's a kind of inverse dandyism to

Profiles

Aimee Osbourne interview: How reality TV changed her family, and why

Features

Neil Oliver interview: The historian and Coast presenter reveals why

Gorman says: 'I never wanted children, but within a year of knowing the woman who would become my wife, that changed, and now I'm about to be a parent.'
Features

Dave Gorman on parenthood, Ant & Dec, and the sop of Twitter

Sir Ranulph Fiennes (left) says: 'I had to programme myself not to find it a problem to be shouted at by him'
Profiles

How We Met: Sir Ranulph Fiennes & Kenton Cool

Holmes says: 'On-Air prank phone calls are a minefield but you can't stop doing these things on the off chance that something bad like that will happen'
Features

Jon Holmes interview: The controversial broadcaster on being inappropriate ... and getting away with it

Townley, left, says of Sullivan: 'He's the only one who allows me to take the addict out of myself'
Profiles

How We Met: Lincoln Townley & David Sullivan

Christie, right, says: 'Jake is more honest than anyone I know. But it's not deliberately hurtful, he's just very frank: it's a gift, I think'
Profiles

How We Met: Jake Chapman & Cedric Christie

Profiles

How We Met: Jake Chapman & Cedric Christie

Christie, right, says: 'Jake is more honest than anyone I know. But it's not deliberately hurtful, he's just very frank: it's a gift, I think'
Farah, right, says: 'We lead very different lives: now when I text him that I've done a 20-mile run on a Sunday morning, he'll say, 'Man, how do you do it?''
Profiles

How We Met: Joe Fournier & Mo Farah

Farah, right, says: 'We lead very different lives: now when I text him that I've done a 20-mile run on a Sunday morning, he'll say, 'Man, how do you do it?''
Profiles

How We Met: Joe Fournier & Mo Farah

Features

Penny Woolcock on celebrities, sewage plants, and North Vietnam

Hughes says: 'Evil can start in a deceptively banal way. The journey to Auschwitz and the gas chambers began with a foul word, a stone in the street, a story deliberately mistold'
Profiles

Bettany Hughes: How Socrates would have solved Greece's problems

Hughes says: 'Evil can start in a deceptively banal way. The journey to Auschwitz and the gas chambers began with a foul word, a stone in the street, a story deliberately mistold'
Profiles

Bettany Hughes: How Socrates would have solved Greece's problems

Richards, left, says: 'We've had a lot of conversations about writing: his prose seems like it comes effortlessly, but I now know he works very hard on it'
Profiles

How We Met: Dan Richards & Robert Macfarlane

Judge (left) says: 'I think we have an amazing dynamic few authors and illustrators have, as we were friends first'
Profiles

David O'Doherty & Chris Judge: 'There's a special bond when you've

Hansen says: 'The joy of a simple dish is that you can identify everything and it tastes of itself'
Features

Anna Hansen interview: The chef on oven disasters, music to make

Steadman (left) says: 'Ceri has given me a reason for continuing to draw'
Profiles

Ralph Steadman & Ceri Levy: 'He has a childlike quality. He's always

Carlyle says: 'I've got actor friends, but I prefer musicians: they are a bit more honest'
People

Robert Carlyle interview: The actor on monstrous matriarchs, and going

Alex Horne (right) and Tim Key
News

Tim Key and Alex Horne: How we met

"I don't like crowded events - parades or big rock concerts. I’m prickly and oversensitive: I'm like an animal that wants quick escape routes."
Features

Jonathan Ames: The writer on driving a taxi, his fear of crowds and

Peyton says: 'Don't patronise a woman and assume she wants to drink wine. And if she orders beer, don't assume she'll want a pale, tasteless fruit beer'
Features

Jane Peyton interview: Britain's Beer Sommelier of the Year on

Peyton says: 'Don't patronise a woman and assume she wants to drink wine. And if she orders beer, don't assume she'll want a pale, tasteless fruit beer'
Features

Jane Peyton interview: Britain's Beer Sommelier of the Year on

McCullin, right, says of Brooks: 'I feel he could almost be a brother. But the trouble is, who wants to be friends with an 80-year-old?'
Profiles

Jason Brooks & Don McCullin: 'After dinner, Don suffered a stroke. He

Lord Alfred Dubs (right) says: 'He told me about a centre he'd set up, which impressed me: any outsider can go to a country and support a project – but not many people actually set a place up.'
Profiles

Tony Hawks & Lord Alfred Dubs: 'When I first met him, Alf had drunk a

Profiles

Tony Hawks & Lord Alfred Dubs: 'When I first met him, Alf had drunk a

Lord Alfred Dubs (right) says: 'He told me about a centre he'd set up, which impressed me: any outsider can go to a country and support a project – but not many people actually set a place up.'
Sky says: 'I've always been bad at following rules. I always want to see where the boundaries lie'
Profiles

Emma Sky interview: The former adviser to the US military in Iraq on

Sky says: 'I've always been bad at following rules. I always want to see where the boundaries lie'
Profiles

Emma Sky interview: The former adviser to the US military in Iraq on

Maria Luz Fedric with the ingredients for her Honduran iguana with rice and beans
Features

Recipes from grandmas around the world: Photographer Gabriele

Maria Luz Fedric with the ingredients for her Honduran iguana with rice and beans
Features

Recipes from grandmas around the world: Photographer Gabriele

Maria Luz Fedric with the ingredients for her Honduran iguana with rice and beans
Features

Recipes from grandmas around the world: Photographer Gabriele

Hornby says: 'Middle age is so much better than youth. I didn't realise you can have several bites of the cherry'
Features

Gill Hornby interview: The novelist on queen bees, rock choirs and

Penner (right) says of Cera: 'He's kind and funny and he allows you to be funny, too'
Profiles

Michael Cera & Alden Penner: 'He could have held a grudge against that

Waterfield says: 'Lucy does not understate. Though, on reflection, it is probably better to blow your own trumpet'
Profiles

Giles Waterfield & Lucy Worsley: 'I gave a talk about a woman who went

Oyelowo says: 'UK films are told through the eyes of white characters, by white directors, with a white point of view'
Features

David Oyelowo interview: The 'Selma' actor on being an African prince,

Jim Dale, star of the 'Carry On...' films, in 2015
Profiles

Jim Dale interview: The Carry On... actor on British humour and what

L to R: Kyle Soller and Tom Hughes
Profiles

Kyle Soller & Tom Hughes: 'We spent the whole day together and I

Stephens says: 'A huge amount of creativity has been driven by the libidinous engine of sexual desire'
Features

Simon Stephens: Playwright on red-blooded rehearsals

Weaving (left) says: 'Nicholas doesn't push himself on you, and his quietness of thought resonates with me'
Profiles

Hugo Weaving & Nicholas Harding: 'I've learnt how he shapes his

Bird says: 'I'm sad that people think of hand-drawn animation as old-fashioned'
Profiles

Brad Bird interview: The director on his love for hand-drawn dogs,

Zabludowicz says: 'Keith is a wonderful person: his kindness comes through in the way he shares his family with us and the way he gives himself to us'
Profiles

Keith Tyson & Anita Zabludowicz: 'She texted me to say 'Put your

Wurst says: 'I wouldn't dare to say I won Eurovision and now everything is fine. We've still got a long way to go: it was just a singing competition'
Features

Conchita Wurst on dealing with insecurities, and elephantine visions

Lindley, right, says: 'We've both dedicated our work to improving the world, and we both feel that business profits can be used for social good'
Profiles

Emmanuel Jal & Paul Lindley: 'We talk mostly about food. He has

Gilmore says: 'I worry about how angry I can get at things'
Profiles

Thea Gilmore: The folk singer on fighting Ukip

Khan (left) says of Mortimer: 'I'm far more serious than he is and I wish I could approach life the way he does'
Profiles

Idris Khan & Charlie Mortimer: 'I've got all sorts of health issues

Spall (left) says of Jack Savoretti: 'He's a loquacious person with a lot of opinions: we have had intense conversations about everything from politics to football'
Profiles

Rafe Spall & Jack Savoretti: 'We had very different upbringings. He's

Profiles

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock interview: The Sky at Night presenter on

Khan (left) says of Mortimer: 'I'm far more serious than he is and I wish I could approach life the way he does'
Profiles

Idris Khan & Charlie Mortimer: 'I've got all sorts of health issues

Spall (left) says of Jack Savoretti: 'He's a loquacious person with a lot of opinions: we have had intense conversations about everything from politics to football'
Profiles

Rafe Spall & Jack Savoretti: 'We had very different upbringings. He's

Profiles

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock interview: The Sky at Night presenter on

McCrory says of Rickman: 'He's a very subtle person: there's an art in the way he reads lines'
Profiles

Alan Rickman & Helen McCrory: 'With us it's mostly about laughter and

Commentators

Middle Class Problems: Dinner at 5:20pm? NHS hospitals have got meal

Schneideman (left) says: 'Lara is obviously an extrovert, but she's not a loudmouth or a show-off'
Profiles

Camilla Schneideman & Lara Pulver: 'I realised the flapjacks I gave

Commentators

Middle Class Problems: Dinner at 5:20pm? NHS hospitals have got meal

Schneideman (left) says: 'Lara is obviously an extrovert, but she's not a loudmouth or a show-off'
Profiles

Camilla Schneideman & Lara Pulver: 'I realised the flapjacks I gave

Krall says: 'My hero player-singer is Elton John I used to listen to him as a child, every single record
Features

Diana Krall: Being friends with Elton John, outer space and skiing in

Pennington says: 'We both take acting seriously, but we also know that what we do – putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else – is inherently daft'
Profiles

Michael Pennington & Dame Judi Dench: 'Once he ate a lot of garlic

Corbijn says: 'I'm quite shy by nature I think it has always held me back. But photography enabled me to become something else.'
Profiles

Anton Corbijn: The photographer and film director on working with

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