interview

Robert Gant speaks to Van McCann, lead singer of Catfish and the Bottlemen about their upcoming UK tour, the state of the music industry and drummers frequenting strip clubs. [...]

It’s less than a month until another academic year kicks off and Young Academic has been spending its summer on a smooth new look as well as finding you all the career guides, exam advice and student news pieces you guys need! In the meantime, we have some wicked additions to the Ultimate Festival Guide [...]

As the winter months draw to a close, the evening are getting lighter and everything is just a little less dreary isn’t it? As such, I for one am itching for the spring to arrive so we can start thinking about festival season! As promised, here at Young Academic we are already starting to compile [...]

“Sex is everywhere and at the end of the day everyone thinks getting it on is fun! That is what our music is about – having fun. Having said that yeah, our tunes are deeper than that if you listen to the lyrics. Hiding on the Staircase for example is about parents arguing – there [...]

Another classic from the Young Academic archives. Conducted in 2007 when he was Secretary of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, David Miliband took ten minutes to chat with Charles Whitworth... [...]

As he prepares for the release of his new book ‘Happy Slapped by a Jellyfish’ – Xfm’s Karl Pilkington took some time out to speak to Charles Whitworth about working with Ricky Gervais, his new book and why he would eat a kangaroo’s genitalia! [...]

If a gap year of globe-trotting is something you are seriously contemplating, The Daily Telegraph Adventure Travel Show could also be of interest. [...]

Brighton’s latest pop sensation Ben Griffith and new face of the Ford Focus talks to Charles Whitworth about his forthcoming EP ‘Tea & Sympathy’ and the power of the media… [...]

Whilst examining critically how and why the image of Islam has changed in Britain since events such as September 11th and Christmas Day, I conducted an interview with a representative of FOSIS. The response goes further to underline Hanjra’s concerns and reveals a worrying agenda that has been set out by the conservative press. [...]

“Moyelsy and I were two lost souls in London. We were quite regularly just sat there and decided to go for a few pints at lunch, the rest is as they say, is history” [...]