Letter To My Younger Self

Steven Pinker: 'I'm a lucky person, my life has gone pretty well'
Steven Pinker
Books

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
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Letter To My Younger Self

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
Music

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'
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Culture

Dan Walker: 'My 16-year-old self would never believe Alan Shearer would one day know his name'

Pixies frontman Black Francis: 'I tend to be somewhat isolationist'
Black Francis
Music

Pixies frontman Black Francis: 'I tend to be somewhat isolationist'

Lesley Manville: 'A working-class upbringing is political in itself, isn't it?'
Lesley Manville
Letter to my Younger Self

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
Letter to my Younger Self

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 spoke to The Big Issue about his love of dogs and mixed feelings on Lily Savage Photo: Kirsty Mattsson
Letter to my Younger Self

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
Letter to my Younger Self

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
Letter to my Younger Self

Sharon Horgan: 'Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing'

Colin Murray: 'I never, ever wanted to be on the radio'
Colin Murray
Letter to my Younger Self

Colin Murray: 'I never, ever wanted to be on the radio'

From the archives: Salman Rushdie's letter to his younger self
Letter to my 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'
Letter to my Younger Self

P.P. Arnold: 'I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger'

Gary Numan: 'Fame is like jumping onto a speeding train. At some point you lose your grip'
Gary Numan
Letter To My Younger Self

Gary Numan: 'Fame is like jumping onto a speeding train. At some point you lose your grip'

Anita Rani: 'Asian women aren’t allowed to fail. We have to excel at everything'
Letter to my Younger Self

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
Letter to my Younger Self

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'
Letter to my Younger Self

Denise Mina: 'Writing is a compulsion. It’s not really something you choose to do'

John McEnroe: 'It was a hell of a ride'
Letter to my Younger Self

John McEnroe: 'It was a hell of a ride'

Glenda Jackson: 'What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher'
Glenda Jackson
Letter to my younger self

Glenda Jackson: 'What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher'

Dame Margaret Beckett: 'I hope I've helped the women who have come after me'
Letter to my Younger Self

Dame Margaret Beckett: 'I hope I've helped the women who have come after me'