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Letter To My Younger Self

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'

Steve Lamacq: 'I'm still doing what I was doing when I was 16'
steve lamacq
letter to my younger self

Steve Lamacq: 'I'm still doing what I was doing when I was 16'

Alison Hammond: 'I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain'
Letter To My Younger Self

Alison Hammond: 'I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain'

Bruce Hornsby: 'Having a laugh or 20 is an enjoyable and healthy way to live'
Bruce Hornsby
Music

Bruce Hornsby: 'Having a laugh or 20 is an enjoyable and healthy way to live'

Joe Wicks: 'My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be'
Joe Wicks
Culture

Joe Wicks: 'My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be'

'Mistakes are not a failure, they are part of the gig,' says TV presenter Angela Scanlon
angela scanlon
Letter to my younger self

'Mistakes are not a failure, they are part of the gig,' says TV presenter Angela Scanlon

Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she's written
Abi Morgan
Culture

Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she's written

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Parminder Nagra on Bend It Like Beckham's legacy and celebrating birthdays with George Clooney
Parminder Nagra as DI Ray
Culture

Parminder Nagra on Bend It Like Beckham's legacy and celebrating birthdays with George Clooney

Ben Okri: 'War taught me as a kid that there is no certainty in this world'
Books

Ben Okri: 'War taught me as a kid that there is no certainty in this world'

Jimmy Webb: 'I came pretty close to the edge of the abyss on a number of occasions'
Music

Jimmy Webb: 'I came pretty close to the edge of the abyss on a number of occasions'

JJ Chalmers: 'In some ways, it's like I was born again after Afghanistan'
JJ Chalmers
TV

JJ Chalmers: 'In some ways, it's like I was born again after Afghanistan'

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