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Letter To My Younger Self

Vera Lynn: ‘I remember the sense of community – everyone did their bit’
Music

Vera Lynn: ‘I remember the sense of community – everyone did their bit’

Judy Collins: I didn’t write songs until after I met Leonard Cohen.
Music

Judy Collins: I didn’t write songs until after I met Leonard Cohen.

Cherie Blair: ‘I thought I’d be the first woman prime minister’
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Cherie Blair: ‘I thought I’d be the first woman prime minister’

Jay Rayner: ‘Lockdown has made me aware that I’m a very privileged man’
Books

Jay Rayner: ‘Lockdown has made me aware that I’m a very privileged man’

Julia Donaldson: ‘I didn’t want to be a writer, I wanted to be an actress’
Books

Julia Donaldson: ‘I didn’t want to be a writer, I wanted to be an actress’

Gregory Porter: “I harvested moments from my life to put into songwriting”
Music

Gregory Porter: “I harvested moments from my life to put into songwriting”

Max Richter: “I was furious with the world… it was the apex of Thatcherism”
Music

Max Richter: “I was furious with the world… it was the apex of Thatcherism”

David Lammy: ‘I have to be robust in public but I don’t feel that way inside’
Politics

David Lammy: ‘I have to be robust in public but I don’t feel that way inside’

Noel Clarke: ‘I have always had a fight in me’
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Noel Clarke: ‘I have always had a fight in me’

Alesha Dixon: “The biggest risk brought the biggest pay-off”
Music

Alesha Dixon: “The biggest risk brought the biggest pay-off”

Richard Dreyfuss: “I was raised in a very left-wing community”
Film

Richard Dreyfuss: “I was raised in a very left-wing community”

Why we all need to adopt Richard Dreyfuss’ attitude towards depression
Health

Why we all need to adopt Richard Dreyfuss’ attitude towards depression

Chris Stein: “I still feel protective about Debbie”
Music

Chris Stein: “I still feel protective about Debbie”

Craig Charles’ struggle as a working-class artist still feels too familiar
TV

Craig Charles’ struggle as a working-class artist still feels too familiar

Sally Wainwright: “My younger self willed being a top writer into happening”
TV

Sally Wainwright: “My younger self willed being a top writer into happening”

Robbie Robertson: “My teenage self wouldn’t believe the life I’ve had”
Music

Robbie Robertson: “My teenage self wouldn’t believe the life I’ve had”

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Laurence Fox: ‘Twitter is quite sad, actually. There is a lot of nastiness’
Politics

Laurence Fox: ‘Twitter is quite sad, actually. There is a lot of nastiness’

Maxine Peake wishes she’d tackled bullying in showbiz head-on
TV

Maxine Peake wishes she’d tackled bullying in showbiz head-on

Terry Gilliam: ‘We live in a time where a serial liar gets to be PM’
Film

Terry Gilliam: ‘We live in a time where a serial liar gets to be PM’

Showman John Shuttleworth recalls the time he ‘almost’ played with Billy Joel
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Showman John Shuttleworth recalls the time he ‘almost’ played with Billy Joel