Across a career built on lyrical introspection, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard has rarely shied away from emotional candour. The indie rocker speaks to Annabel Nugent about growing up, resisting the safety of nostalgia – and why he doesn’t like the term ‘divorce album’

BBC foreign correspondent Lyse Doucet picks up the award for non-fiction with her ‘excellent reporting’ on the human story behind Kabul’s InterContinental hotel

Singer was dating the English actor for two years before they split in December 2025