Mick Brown

“One of the pleasures of my encounter with Idris Elba was talking about his passion for music,” says Brown of this month’s cover star, “particularly for the soul and funk from the Sixties and Seventies. Anybody who can quote, word for word, the spoken intro to Bobby Womack’s ‘How Could You Break My Heart’ — and in perfect imitation — gets my vote.” The contributing editor is also a writer for the Telegraph Magazine.