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Letter To My Younger Self

Clive Anderson: 'I think it's good not to be a sycophant'
Clive Anderson
a life in Comedy

Clive Anderson: 'I think it's good not to be a sycophant'

Jon Richardson: 'My first gig was terrifying'
Jon Richardson
Comedy

Jon Richardson: 'My first gig was terrifying'

Linton Kwesi Johnson: 'It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation'
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Letter To My Younger Self

Linton Kwesi Johnson: 'It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation'

Michael Bublé: 'Your real legacy is the empathy and kindness you show'
Michael Bublé singing on stage
Letter to my Younger Self

Michael Bublé: 'Your real legacy is the empathy and kindness you show'

Sally Phillips: 'I had to go through this revelation that I'm no good at acting'
Sally Phillips
Letter to my younger self

Sally Phillips: 'I had to go through this revelation that I'm no good at acting'

Michael Bublé: 'I had a sense that I was unique'
Michael Bublé singing on stage
Music

Michael Bublé: 'I had a sense that I was unique'

David Harewood: 'I would tell my younger self to get prepared. Because life is tough, isn’t it?'
David Harewood
drama

David Harewood: 'I would tell my younger self to get prepared. Because life is tough, isn’t it?'

Edith Bowman: 'It would be unbelievable to the teenage me that I ended up being on the telly'
Edith Bowman
Letter To My Younger Self

Edith Bowman: 'It would be unbelievable to the teenage me that I ended up being on the telly'

Jon Snow: 'It was wonderful to talk to Nelson Mandela'
Jon Snow at Grenfell Tower
Letter to my Younger Self

Jon Snow: 'It was wonderful to talk to Nelson Mandela'

Morten Harket: 'Fame is a massive onslaught on any human being'
Morten Harket
A-ha

Morten Harket: 'Fame is a massive onslaught on any human being'

Tracy-Ann Oberman: 'I'd like to go back and put an arm around myself'
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Letter to my Younger Self

Tracy-Ann Oberman: 'I'd like to go back and put an arm around myself'

John Motson: 'Life has worked out pretty well'
Sport

John Motson: 'Life has worked out pretty well'

Daniel Mays: 'Becoming a dad made me a better person and a better actor, it galvanised me'
Daniel Mays
Letter to My Younger Self

Daniel Mays: 'Becoming a dad made me a better person and a better actor, it galvanised me'

Sophie L Morgan: 'It’s radical being visible'
Sophie L Morgan
Letter to my Younger Self

Sophie L Morgan: 'It’s radical being visible'

Glen Matlock: 'I wish John Lydon stood by Anarchy In The UK's words'
Glen Matlock
punk

Glen Matlock: 'I wish John Lydon stood by Anarchy In The UK's words'

Keith Brymer Jones: 'I get emotional about pottery'
Keith Brymer Jones
Throw down

Keith Brymer Jones: 'I get emotional about pottery'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Tim Campbell: 'The question anyone in business should be asking is: does this make the world better?'
Tim Campbell. Photo: BBC
TV

Tim Campbell: 'The question anyone in business should be asking is: does this make the world better?'

The Apprentice star Tim Campbell MBE: I honed my business skills in a DJ collective called True Elegance
Tim Campbell MBE in front of the City of London skyline
entrepreneur

The Apprentice star Tim Campbell MBE: I honed my business skills in a DJ collective called True Elegance

Gaz Coombes: 'When it all took off with Supergrass, that was a lot to deal with'
Gaz Coombes
We are young

Gaz Coombes: 'When it all took off with Supergrass, that was a lot to deal with'

Peter Dinklage, Kenneth Branagh, Sharon Horgan: The best of Letter To My Younger Self 2022
Best of Letter to My Younger Self
life lessons

Peter Dinklage, Kenneth Branagh, Sharon Horgan: The best of Letter To My Younger Self 2022

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