Letter To My Younger Self
Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’
Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’
Her parents thought that dancing was just a hobby and that she would become an engineer, but the Strictly judge had other ideas
Paul O’Grady: ‘I could milk a cow by the time I was seven’
Paul O’Grady: ‘I could milk a cow by the time I was seven’
From flamboyant altar boy and club performer to children’s author, dog rescuer and alpaca pimp, Paul O’Grady reflects on a life that’s been a wild ride
Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’
Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’
From pirate radio to winning I’m a Celebrity…, it’s been a charmed life for the much-loved disc jockey, but he’s angry about partygate rule breakers, and increasingly sad about the state we’re in
Sharon Horgan: ‘Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing’
Sharon Horgan: ‘Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing’
Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’
Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’
From the archives: Salman Rushdie’s letter to his 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’
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: ‘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’
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: ‘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’
Denise Mina: ‘Writing is a compulsion. It’s not really something you choose to do’
Glenda Jackson: ‘What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher’
Glenda Jackson: ‘What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher’
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Steve Lamacq: ‘I’m still doing what I was doing when I was 16’
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’
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: ‘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: ‘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
‘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
Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she’s written
Parminder Nagra on Bend It Like Beckham’s legacy and celebrating birthdays with George Clooney
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’
Ben Okri: ‘War taught me as a kid that there is no certainty in this world’
JJ Chalmers: ‘In some ways, it’s like I was born again after Afghanistan’
JJ Chalmers: ‘In some ways, it’s like I was born again after Afghanistan’
Paddy Considine: ‘I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions’
Paddy Considine: ‘I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions’
‘What you really love to do will keep you going’: Remembering June Brown, EastEnders’ iconic Dot Cotton
‘What you really love to do will keep you going’: Remembering June Brown, EastEnders’ iconic Dot Cotton
Will Young: ‘I worked out that nothing really matters, then found simplistic joy in everything’
