Letter To My Younger Self
Josh Groban: ‘If I could go back in time I would warn everyone about Trump’
Josh Groban: ‘If I could go back in time I would warn everyone about Trump’
Terry Waite: “I’ve had mock executions, been tortured, but I came through it”
Terry Waite: “I’ve had mock executions, been tortured, but I came through it”
Mary Robinson: “I’d tell my younger self you can’t change things too quickly”
Mary Robinson: “I’d tell my younger self you can’t change things too quickly”
Sylvester McCoy: As Doctors, we’re a part of a very special club
Sylvester McCoy: As Doctors, we’re a part of a very special club
Geoffrey Robertson QC: “The Daily Mail said I was known as the Rottweiler”
Geoffrey Robertson QC: “The Daily Mail said I was known as the Rottweiler”
Henry Blofeld: “My life would be an innings of desperate uncertainty”
Henry Blofeld: “My life would be an innings of desperate uncertainty”
Ben Elton: “I was never able to say goodbye to Rik Mayall”
Ben Elton: “I was never able to say goodbye to Rik Mayall”
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Windrush child Don Letts: “Our parents were getting screwed”
Windrush child Don Letts: “Our parents were getting screwed”
Cressida Cowell: “I always felt I could never measure up to my dad”
Cressida Cowell: “I always felt I could never measure up to my dad”
Ska legend Jimmy Cliff: “It was difficult when I first came to England”
Ska legend Jimmy Cliff: “It was difficult when I first came to England”
Wilbur Smith says his 16-year-old self would reckon he’s a ‘jammy sod’
Wilbur Smith says his 16-year-old self would reckon he’s a ‘jammy sod’
Dan Snow on being a loser, foreign girlfriends and the smell of South London
Dan Snow on being a loser, foreign girlfriends and the smell of South London
Ronnie O’Sullivan compares his snooker career to an injured animal
Ronnie O’Sullivan compares his snooker career to an injured animal
Elvis Costello: “I knew my band was way better than our contemporaries”
Elvis Costello: “I knew my band was way better than our contemporaries”
Pamela des Barres: ‘#MeToo was different in music’
Pamela des Barres: ‘#MeToo was different in music’
Dougray Scott was told he’d never make it as an actor
Dougray Scott was told he’d never make it as an actor
Sara Cox: “I got teased for having things like long skinny legs and big lips”
Sara Cox: “I got teased for having things like long skinny legs and big lips”
Doon Mackichan: “I didn’t have any serious ambition to be an actor”
Doon Mackichan: “I didn’t have any serious ambition to be an actor”
Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth
Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth
How Bernard MacLaverty’s novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland
How Bernard MacLaverty’s novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland
Dita Von Teese: “We have to stand up for beauty and sensuality and eroticism”
Dita Von Teese: “We have to stand up for beauty and sensuality and eroticism”
Roger Bannister: “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running”
Roger Bannister: “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running”
Timothy Spall: “It was one of the biggest shocks of my life”
Timothy Spall: “It was one of the biggest shocks of my life”
David Tennant: “I was told acting was a daft idea. You won’t make a living”
David Tennant: “I was told acting was a daft idea. You won’t make a living”
Graeme Obree: “Cycling is my way out of my struggles”
Graeme Obree: “Cycling is my way out of my struggles”
Juliet Stevenson: “I finally feel confident about myself”
Juliet Stevenson: “I finally feel confident about myself”
Billie Jean King: “We are going backwards with Trump as President”
Billie Jean King: “We are going backwards with Trump as President”
Val McDermid: “There were no lesbians in Fife in the 1960s”
Val McDermid: “There were no lesbians in Fife in the 1960s”
Jess Phillips: “I found early motherhood horrendous”
Jess Phillips: “I found early motherhood horrendous”
Miranda Richardson: “I don’t do social media. I need the human voice”
Miranda Richardson: “I don’t do social media. I need the human voice”
Steven Van Zandt: “We brought down apartheid through rock’n’roll”
