Letter To My Younger Self
Mark Bonnar: ‘The big change for me was Line of Duty’
Mark Bonnar: ‘The big change for me was Line of Duty’
Wilko Johnson: ‘I believed I was going to die – then started to feel alive’
Wilko Johnson: ‘I believed I was going to die – then started to feel alive’
In this interview from the Big Issue Archives, Dr Feelgood’s Wilko Johnson on an incredible year of living with cancer, his teenage diaries – and the last kiss he gave his wife
Doreen Lawrence: ‘I put my pain to the back of my mind when Stephen died’
Doreen Lawrence: ‘I put my pain to the back of my mind when Stephen died’
Doreen Lawrence suffered a tragedy when her son Stephen was murdered, yet her activism has changed countless lives for the better
Pattie Boyd: ‘I was with The Beatles and everything was fabulous’
Pattie Boyd: ‘I was with The Beatles and everything was fabulous’
Bez: ‘I’m balancing on a blade’s edge but it doesn’t worry me’
Bez: ‘I’m balancing on a blade’s edge but it doesn’t worry me’
Pattie Boyd reveals final moments with ex-husband George Harrison
Pattie Boyd reveals final moments with ex-husband George Harrison
Lorraine Kelly: ‘Who’s gonna tell Bette Davis to put her fag out?’
Lorraine Kelly: ‘Who’s gonna tell Bette Davis to put her fag out?’
The Big Issue publishes new Letter to My Younger Self book, this time featuring inspirational women
The Big Issue publishes new Letter to My Younger Self book, this time featuring inspirational women
Why ‘inspirational women’ was an obvious theme for our new Letter To My Younger Self book
Why ‘inspirational women’ was an obvious theme for our new Letter To My Younger Self book
Steven Pinker: ‘I’m a lucky person, my life has gone pretty well’
Steven Pinker: ‘I’m a lucky person, my life has gone pretty well’
7 lessons from inspirational women: Wisdom from the new Letter To My Younger Self book
7 lessons from inspirational women: Wisdom from the new Letter To My Younger Self book
Paul Heaton: ‘If you told me I was going to become famous I’d have said: pull the other leg’
Paul Heaton: ‘If you told me I was going to become famous I’d have said: pull the other leg’
Dan Walker: ‘My 16-year-old self would never believe Alan Shearer would one day know his name’
Dan Walker: ‘My 16-year-old self would never believe Alan Shearer would one day know his name’
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Lesley Manville: ‘A working-class upbringing is political in itself, isn’t it?’
Lesley Manville: ‘A working-class upbringing is political in itself, isn’t it?’
Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’
Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’
Paul O’Grady: ‘I could milk a cow by the time I was seven’
Paul O’Grady: ‘I could milk a cow by the time I was seven’
Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’
Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’
Sharon Horgan: ‘Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing’
Sharon Horgan: ‘Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing’
Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’
Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’
From the archives: Salman Rushdie’s letter to his younger self
From the archives: Salman Rushdie’s letter to his younger self
P.P. Arnold: ‘I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger’
P.P. Arnold: ‘I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger’
Anita Rani: ‘Asian women aren’t allowed to fail. We have to excel at everything’
Anita Rani: ‘Asian women aren’t allowed to fail. We have to excel at everything’
Simon Pegg: ‘Sometimes I catch myself, oh my god, I’m on the bridge of the Enterprise. How did I get here?’
Simon Pegg: ‘Sometimes I catch myself, oh my god, I’m on the bridge of the Enterprise. How did I get here?’
Denise Mina: ‘Writing is a compulsion. It’s not really something you choose to do’
