Letter To My Younger Self
Vera Lynn: ‘I remember the sense of community – everyone did their bit’

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.

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’

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’

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’

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”

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”

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’

David Lammy: ‘I have to be robust in public but I don’t feel that way inside’
Alesha Dixon: “The biggest risk brought the biggest pay-off”

Alesha Dixon: “The biggest risk brought the biggest pay-off”
Richard Dreyfuss: “I was raised in a very left-wing community”

Richard Dreyfuss: “I was raised in a very left-wing community”
Why we all need to adopt Richard Dreyfuss’ attitude towards depression

Why we all need to adopt Richard Dreyfuss’ attitude towards depression
Chris Stein: “I still feel protective about Debbie”

Chris Stein: “I still feel protective about Debbie”
Craig Charles’ struggle as a working-class artist still feels too familiar

Craig Charles’ struggle as a working-class artist still feels too familiar
Sally Wainwright: “My younger self willed being a top writer into happening”

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”

Robbie Robertson: “My teenage self wouldn’t believe the life I’ve had”
Laurence Fox: ‘Twitter is quite sad, actually. There is a lot of nastiness’

Laurence Fox: ‘Twitter is quite sad, actually. There is a lot of nastiness’
Maxine Peake wishes she’d tackled bullying in showbiz head-on

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’

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
