Jane Graham
Jane Graham
Books editor Jane Graham is an award-winning arts journalist. As a BBC radio producer, she worked on Radios 1, 3 and 4 and Radio Ulster, with John Peel, Kirsty Wark, Mary Anne Hobbs, Ricky Gervais, and Steven Nolan. She has written for The Guardian, Uncut, The Sunday Times and The Scotsman and was a Belfast Telegraph columnist for ten years. She makes regular appearances on Radio Scotland & BBC Scotland. She has also worked closely with libraries, was a Reader in Residence for the Scottish Book Trust and was Scotland’s first Reading Ambassador for CultureNL.
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: 'I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix'
Bobby Gillespie
Letter To My Younger Self

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: 'I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix'

The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go'
Pauline Black in 1984 as a TV presenter on Hold Tight!
Letter to my Younger Self

The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go'

The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family
Books

The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family

Colin Greenwood: 'I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead'
Letter To My Younger Self

Colin Greenwood: 'I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead'

Author Matt Haig: 'I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood'
Matt Haig
Letter To My Younger Self

Author Matt Haig: 'I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood'

Jared Harris: 'I still wake up every morning wondering if I can make a living as an actor'
Letter To My Younger Self

Jared Harris: 'I still wake up every morning wondering if I can make a living as an actor'

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'I'd tell my younger self to just be happier'
Gary Lightbody Receiving an award in 2019 for Chasing Cars being the most played song of the 21st century on UK radio
Letter To My Younger Self

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'I'd tell my younger self to just be happier'

The Chase star Paul Sinha on his Parkinson's battle: 'I've got a life to live'
Paul Sinha
Letter To My Younger Self

The Chase star Paul Sinha on his Parkinson's battle: 'I've got a life to live'

Ex-Premier League star Troy Deeney: 'My dad used to beat us up. Football was my only escape'
Letter To My Younger Self

Ex-Premier League star Troy Deeney: 'My dad used to beat us up. Football was my only escape'

Karl Jenkins: 'I'm still not respected in some quarters of classical music'
Sir Karl Jenkins
Letter to my Younger Self

Karl Jenkins: 'I'm still not respected in some quarters of classical music'

Olympic champion Laura Kenny: 'I was told cycling wasn't a proper job'
Laura Kenny at the 2020 Olympics
Letter To My Younger Self

Olympic champion Laura Kenny: 'I was told cycling wasn't a proper job'

Children's author Malorie Blackman: 'As a teenager I had never read any books by Black authors'
Malorie Blackman speaking at the Merky Books Literature Festival in 2023
Letter to my younger self

Children's author Malorie Blackman: 'As a teenager I had never read any books by Black authors'