Letter To My Younger Self
Anastacia: “Getting breast cancer was a great irony…”
Anastacia: “Getting breast cancer was a great irony…”
Simon Mayo interview: “Radio is full of shy people”
Simon Mayo interview: “Radio is full of shy people”
50 Cent interview: “My grandmother was the love of my life”
50 Cent interview: “My grandmother was the love of my life”
Tom Jones interview: “The women, the sex… I don’t regret anything”
Tom Jones interview: “The women, the sex… I don’t regret anything”
Sue Perkins interview: “My long-term boyfriend also turned out to be gay”
Sue Perkins interview: “My long-term boyfriend also turned out to be gay”
Shaun Ryder: “I still have to go to Mass every week”
Shaun Ryder: “I still have to go to Mass every week”
Michael Palin: “These are scary times. Everything is for sale”
Michael Palin: “These are scary times. Everything is for sale”
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”
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Lee Mack: “Like most of the nation, I’m a bit addicted to drinking”
Lee Mack: “Like most of the nation, I’m a bit addicted to drinking”
Sir Chris Hoy interview: “It’s not about winning…”
Sir Chris Hoy interview: “It’s not about winning…”
Matthew Macfadyen: “I’m horrified looking back at those relationships”
Matthew Macfadyen: “I’m horrified looking back at those relationships”
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi: My interest was what it meant to be black and British
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi: My interest was what it meant to be black and British
Ozzy Osbourne interview: “I tried a bit of burglary but I was useless”
Ozzy Osbourne interview: “I tried a bit of burglary but I was useless”
Boy George: “If you smash a guy’s windows, he’s not going to like you more”
Boy George: “If you smash a guy’s windows, he’s not going to like you more”
Shami Chakrabarti: Women have not done enough about gender injustice
Shami Chakrabarti: Women have not done enough about gender injustice
Christopher Biggins: “Bisexuals should own up – not ruin a woman’s life”
Christopher Biggins: “Bisexuals should own up – not ruin a woman’s life”
Simon Weston interview: “Today’s enemy can be tomorrow’s friend”
Simon Weston interview: “Today’s enemy can be tomorrow’s friend”
Buzz Aldrin interview: “I was advised not to say anything about it…”
Buzz Aldrin interview: “I was advised not to say anything about it…”
Jared Leto: “The gun and cocaine moment was a turning point”
Jared Leto: “The gun and cocaine moment was a turning point”
Michael Rosen: “I thought everything had come to an end”
Michael Rosen: “I thought everything had come to an end”
Diane Abbott: “I understood why my mother had to leave”
Diane Abbott: “I understood why my mother had to leave”
Olivia Colman: “I immediately knew I would marry him”
Olivia Colman: “I immediately knew I would marry him”
Irvine Welsh: “You either kill yourself or you grow up”
Irvine Welsh: “You either kill yourself or you grow up”
Meat Loaf: ‘There’s much from my childhood I’ve blocked out’
Meat Loaf: ‘There’s much from my childhood I’ve blocked out’
Jamie Oliver: “I’m much calmer than the original me”
Jamie Oliver: “I’m much calmer than the original me”
Mel Giedroyc: “Hopefully my daughters won’t do what I did!”
Mel Giedroyc: “Hopefully my daughters won’t do what I did!”
Charlie Higson: “We were a huge part of Thatcher’s Britain”
Charlie Higson: “We were a huge part of Thatcher’s Britain”
Kathy Burke on booze, boys and extraordinary people
Kathy Burke on booze, boys and extraordinary people
Paul McCartney: John and I had a premonition of success
Paul McCartney: John and I had a premonition of success
John Lydon interview: “I’d trade it all to have had kids”
