OFFICER DOWN

Martin Freeman is looking dapper when he joins The Big Issue at the Soho Hotel in London. Hair neat as ever, jacket well appointed, slacks and desert boots separated by some daring bright green statement socks to offset the beige and brown look he’s sporting. He’s stylish, smart, affable and very happy to be talking to The Big Issue – a magazine he’s followed since the very beginning.

“I remember it starting up in Richmond,” says Freeman. “I lived around there and a girl I was seeing was working in the office at the time. I remember a very early interview with Rufus Sewell when he was this