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Letter To My Younger Self

Monica Ali: ‘You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer’
Letter To My Younger Self

Monica Ali: ‘You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer’

Russell Watson: ‘I never had any ambition to be a singer at all’
Letter To My Younger Self

Russell Watson: ‘I never had any ambition to be a singer at all’

Barry Cryer: A life ‘dogged by good luck’
Barry Cryer

Barry Cryer: A life ‘dogged by good luck’

Sally Dynevor: ‘It’s about time people got to know who I am’
Letter To My Younger Self

Sally Dynevor: ‘It’s about time people got to know who I am’

Sir Kenneth Branagh: ‘I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast’
Letter To My Younger Self

Sir Kenneth Branagh: ‘I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast’

Peter Dinklage: ‘Who says beautiful white people own the rights to romantic stories?’
Letter To My Younger Self

Peter Dinklage: ‘Who says beautiful white people own the rights to romantic stories?’

The best of The Big Issue’s Letter To My Younger Self from 2021
Letter To My Younger Self

The best of The Big Issue’s Letter To My Younger Self from 2021

Michael Sheen: ‘I’ve essentially turned myself into a social enterprise, a not-for-profit actor’
Letter To My Younger Self

Michael Sheen: ‘I’ve essentially turned myself into a social enterprise, a not-for-profit actor’

Engelbert Humperdinck: ‘I’ve lost fortunes, my dear. Fortunes’
Letter To My Younger Self

Engelbert Humperdinck: ‘I’ve lost fortunes, my dear. Fortunes’

Frankie Dettori: ‘I was a disaster. Trust me.’
Letter To My Younger Self

Frankie Dettori: ‘I was a disaster. Trust me.’

Naga Munchetty: ‘Immigrant families have to be that bit better’
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Naga Munchetty: ‘Immigrant families have to be that bit better’

Alan Cumming: ‘My dad was a very good abuser’
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Alan Cumming: ‘My dad was a very good abuser’

Mark Strong: ‘I started a fanzine named after a Damned song and sold copies for 5p’
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Mark Strong: ‘I started a fanzine named after a Damned song and sold copies for 5p’

Shappi Khorsandi: ‘I’d tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs’
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Shappi Khorsandi: ‘I’d tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs’

Dolly Parton, Dave Grohl and Billie Piper feature in Letter To My Younger Self paperback
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Dolly Parton, Dave Grohl and Billie Piper feature in Letter To My Younger Self paperback

Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism’
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Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism’

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Roger Taylor: ‘I just wish I’d got to say goodbye to Freddie’
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Roger Taylor: ‘I just wish I’d got to say goodbye to Freddie’

Big Issue sellers share words of advice for their younger selves
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Big Issue sellers share words of advice for their younger selves

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on her journey from homelessness to fire chief – via The Big Issue
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Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on her journey from homelessness to fire chief – via The Big Issue

Terry Hall: ‘The Specials have always been about protest’
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Terry Hall: ‘The Specials have always been about protest’