Letter To My Younger Self
Orlando Bloom: ‘I got really good at hiding myself’
Orlando Bloom: ‘I got really good at hiding myself’
Jay Blades: ‘The Repair Shop fixes families and communities’
Jay Blades: ‘The Repair Shop fixes families and communities’
Kay Mellor: Getting pregnant 16 gives you the life experience to be a writer
Kay Mellor: Getting pregnant 16 gives you the life experience to be a writer
Dame Kelly Holmes: ‘Believing in yourself is so powerful’
Dame Kelly Holmes: ‘Believing in yourself is so powerful’
Hugh Bonneville: ‘Acting was something other people did’
Hugh Bonneville: ‘Acting was something other people did’
Hugh Bonneville: Mental health wasn’t addressed at school
Hugh Bonneville: Mental health wasn’t addressed at school
Nancy Sinatra: ‘I had to work hard to get beyond my name’
Nancy Sinatra: ‘I had to work hard to get beyond my name’
Nancy Sinatra: I was too shy to pursue a big career
Nancy Sinatra: I was too shy to pursue a big career
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Dave Grohl: ‘For a while I wasn’t sure if I ever wanted to play music again’
Dave Grohl: ‘For a while I wasn’t sure if I ever wanted to play music again’
Zoe Lyons: ‘I would go back and tell my younger self she will be loved’
Zoe Lyons: ‘I would go back and tell my younger self she will be loved’
Andi Osho: Get yourself into therapy and read about relationships
Andi Osho: Get yourself into therapy and read about relationships
KT Tunstall almost ripped the head off her Brit award for Kate Bush
KT Tunstall almost ripped the head off her Brit award for Kate Bush
Best of The Big Issue’s Letter to My Younger Self 2020
Best of The Big Issue’s Letter to My Younger Self 2020
Eddie Hearn: ‘Being my dad’s son gave me the drive to succeed’
Eddie Hearn: ‘Being my dad’s son gave me the drive to succeed’
Cat Deeley: How a fun adventure led to cracking America
Cat Deeley: How a fun adventure led to cracking America
Gregg Wallace: ‘What I really like is instant coffee and food out of tins’
Gregg Wallace: ‘What I really like is instant coffee and food out of tins’
David Byrne: ‘Not everything you do has to find an audience’
David Byrne: ‘Not everything you do has to find an audience’
David Byrne: ‘The US has been ripped in half… again’
David Byrne: ‘The US has been ripped in half… again’
Dolly Parton talks crushing on Johnny Cash and the meaning of Jolene
Dolly Parton talks crushing on Johnny Cash and the meaning of Jolene
Dolly Parton: ‘If I want something hell or high water ain’t gonna stop me’
Dolly Parton: ‘If I want something hell or high water ain’t gonna stop me’
Jon Bon Jovi says his parents gave him the ‘belief to make a dream reality’
Jon Bon Jovi says his parents gave him the ‘belief to make a dream reality’
Jon Bon Jovi: ‘There were times in my career when things were deeply dark’
Jon Bon Jovi: ‘There were times in my career when things were deeply dark’
Susie Dent: ‘You don’t have to try to be someone you’re not’
Susie Dent: ‘You don’t have to try to be someone you’re not’
Sara Pascoe: ‘I had a very stupid opinion for a long time about therapy’
Sara Pascoe: ‘I had a very stupid opinion for a long time about therapy’
Gregg Wallace was no master chef in his younger days
Gregg Wallace was no master chef in his younger days
Eddie Hearn: ‘I have the drive to outperform my dad’
Eddie Hearn: ‘I have the drive to outperform my dad’
Rupert Graves: A walk through Stoke Newington changed my life
Rupert Graves: A walk through Stoke Newington changed my life
Billy Ocean: ‘Even as a little kid in Trinidad I was singing in school’
Billy Ocean: ‘Even as a little kid in Trinidad I was singing in school’
Dexys legend reveals Twitter Listening Parties revived love for early albums
Dexys legend reveals Twitter Listening Parties revived love for early albums
Kevin Rowland: I was full of fear and too dictatorial
Kevin Rowland: I was full of fear and too dictatorial
Tom Ellis: “My biggest fear growing up was people not liking me.”
