Letter To My Younger Self
Tanni Grey-Thompson: “We need to teach how to register to vote in schools”
Tanni Grey-Thompson: “We need to teach how to register to vote in schools”
Mica Paris: “I proved you can be in this business and not be a car crash”
Mica Paris: “I proved you can be in this business and not be a car crash”
Caitlin Moran: ‘When it comes to love, art is a very bad advisor’
Caitlin Moran: ‘When it comes to love, art is a very bad advisor’
Vinnie Jones still speaks to his wife Tanya a year after her death
Vinnie Jones still speaks to his wife Tanya a year after her death
Steven Berkoff: “I began to hate authority… and that has never left me”
Steven Berkoff: “I began to hate authority… and that has never left me”
Martin Kemp: “When I was on stage, I was playing the role of the pin-up”
Martin Kemp: “When I was on stage, I was playing the role of the pin-up”
Simon Armitage: Eighties Britain was a grimy and violent place
Simon Armitage: Eighties Britain was a grimy and violent place
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Judy Collins: I didn’t write songs until after I met Leonard Cohen.
Judy Collins: I didn’t write songs until after I met Leonard Cohen.
Cherie Blair: ‘I thought I’d be the first woman prime minister’
Cherie Blair: ‘I thought I’d be the first woman prime minister’
Jay Rayner: ‘Lockdown has made me aware that I’m a very privileged man’
Jay Rayner: ‘Lockdown has made me aware that I’m a very privileged man’
Julia Donaldson: ‘I didn’t want to be a writer, I wanted to be an actress’
Julia Donaldson: ‘I didn’t want to be a writer, I wanted to be an actress’
Gregory Porter: “I harvested moments from my life to put into songwriting”
Gregory Porter: “I harvested moments from my life to put into songwriting”
Max Richter: “I was furious with the world… it was the apex of Thatcherism”
Max Richter: “I was furious with the world… it was the apex of Thatcherism”
David Lammy: ‘I have to be robust in public but I don’t feel that way inside’
David Lammy: ‘I have to be robust in public but I don’t feel that way inside’
Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien: ‘There’s a common misconception that we’re miserable’
Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien: ‘There’s a common misconception that we’re miserable’
Alesha Dixon: “The biggest risk brought the biggest pay-off”
Alesha Dixon: “The biggest risk brought the biggest pay-off”
Richard Dreyfuss: “I was raised in a very left-wing community”
Richard Dreyfuss: “I was raised in a very left-wing community”
Why we all need to adopt Richard Dreyfuss’ attitude towards depression
Why we all need to adopt Richard Dreyfuss’ attitude towards depression
Chris Stein: “I still feel protective about Debbie”
Chris Stein: “I still feel protective about Debbie”
Craig Charles’ struggle as a working-class artist still feels too familiar
Craig Charles’ struggle as a working-class artist still feels too familiar
Sally Wainwright: “My younger self willed being a top writer into happening”
Sally Wainwright: “My younger self willed being a top writer into happening”
Robbie Robertson: “My teenage self wouldn’t believe the life I’ve had”
Robbie Robertson: “My teenage self wouldn’t believe the life I’ve had”
Michael Cashman: “I love young me for having the guts to commit to something”
Michael Cashman: “I love young me for having the guts to commit to something”
Laurence Fox: ‘Twitter is quite sad, actually. There is a lot of nastiness’
Laurence Fox: ‘Twitter is quite sad, actually. There is a lot of nastiness’
Maxine Peake wishes she’d tackled bullying in showbiz head-on
Maxine Peake wishes she’d tackled bullying in showbiz head-on
Terry Gilliam: “We live in a time where a serial liar gets to be PM”
Terry Gilliam: “We live in a time where a serial liar gets to be PM”
Showman John Shuttleworth recalls the time he ‘almost’ played with Billy Joel
Showman John Shuttleworth recalls the time he ‘almost’ played with Billy Joel
The Wire changed the game for Wendell Pierce – and for TV
The Wire changed the game for Wendell Pierce – and for TV
Brendan O’Carroll’s Ma told him he’d “end up as Taoiseach or in prison”
Brendan O’Carroll’s Ma told him he’d “end up as Taoiseach or in prison”
Emilio Estevez: “If you want to know how I view the world, look at my films”
Emilio Estevez: “If you want to know how I view the world, look at my films”
Sir Trevor McDonald: “Political neutrality was never difficult”
Sir Trevor McDonald: “Political neutrality was never difficult”
Peggy Seeger recounts when she “realised men had destroyed the Earth”
