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Letter To My Younger Self

Chris McCausland: 'I'd tell my younger self he's going to sit on the same toilets as his heroes'
Letter To My Younger Self

Chris McCausland: 'I'd tell my younger self he's going to sit on the same toilets as his heroes'

The comedian thought that initially trying stand-up was out of his comfort zone, but that was nothing compared to Strictly
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 Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie: 'I'd rather not be remembered for Three Lions'
Letter To My Younger Self

The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie: 'I'd rather not be remembered for Three Lions'

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'

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Singer and TV star Daniel O'Donnell: 'I don't want yesterday back – I love today'
Daniel O'Donnell
Letter To My Younger Self

Singer and TV star Daniel O'Donnell: 'I don't want yesterday back – I love today'

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'

Over 100 celebrities pen letters to their younger selves in new Big Issue bookazine
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Over 100 celebrities pen letters to their younger selves in new Big Issue bookazine

Actor Adam Pearson: 'I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my arse and then carry on'
Adam Pearson in A Different Man
Letter To My Younger Self

Actor Adam Pearson: 'I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my arse and then carry on'

Nadhim Zahawi: 'The line between being on the street and being chancellor is very, very slim'
Nadim Zahawi
Letter to my Younger Self

Nadhim Zahawi: 'The line between being on the street and being chancellor is very, very slim'

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'

The Chase's Paul Sinha: 'My mum found out I was gay through an act of emotional sabotage'
Paul Sinha
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The Chase's Paul Sinha: 'My mum found out I was gay through an act of emotional sabotage'

Paralympics host Ed Jackson: 'It puts a smile on my face just to be able to walk down the stairs'
Ed Jackson
Letter To My Younger Self

Paralympics host Ed Jackson: 'It puts a smile on my face just to be able to walk down the stairs'

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'

Olympics star Steve Cram: 'TV's thrilling but nothing else feels like winning a race'
Steve Cram
Letter To My Younger Self

Olympics star Steve Cram: 'TV's thrilling but nothing else feels like winning a race'

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'

Rory Stewart: 'I assumed I'd die a heroic death in my early 30s'
Letter To My Younger Self

Rory Stewart: 'I assumed I'd die a heroic death in my early 30s'

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'

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Rowan Williams: 'The challenge is whether religion is part of the solution or part of the problem'
Letter To My Younger Self

Rowan Williams: 'The challenge is whether religion is part of the solution or part of the problem'

Line of Duty's Martin Compston: 'I was a wee bit of wide-o. But I don't think there was any malice'
Martin Compston at the Waterfront Cinema in Greenock ahead of the preview of his new series, Martin Compston's Scottish Fling. Picture date: Monday September 5, 2022.
Letter To My Younger Self

Line of Duty's Martin Compston: 'I was a wee bit of wide-o. But I don't think there was any malice'

CBeebies star George Webster: 'If we were all the same the world would be very boring'
Letter To My Younger Self

CBeebies star George Webster: 'If we were all the same the world would be very boring'

Line of Duty's Martin Compston: 'I've been dreaming of going to the Euros since I was 14'
Gordon Smart and Martin Compston
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Line of Duty's Martin Compston: 'I've been dreaming of going to the Euros since I was 14'