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Letter To My Younger Self

Andy McNab didn’t know how to read at 16, now he’s a bestselling author
Books

Andy McNab didn’t know how to read at 16, now he’s a bestselling author

Jill Halfpenny: “I felt like the luckiest girl alive”
TV

Jill Halfpenny: “I felt like the luckiest girl alive”

Fiona Shaw: ‘I fantasise about being Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s mother’
TV

Fiona Shaw: ‘I fantasise about being Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s mother’

Linford Christie OBE: ‘Powers-that-be haven’t told the truth about the drugs’
News

Linford Christie OBE: ‘Powers-that-be haven’t told the truth about the drugs’

Gloria Estefan: ‘The Cuba my children learned about doesn’t exist any more’
Music

Gloria Estefan: ‘The Cuba my children learned about doesn’t exist any more’

George Benson: ‘My mother taught me how to be a human being’
Music

George Benson: ‘My mother taught me how to be a human being’

James Ellroy: ‘I was 17 and on the loose in LA, and looking for trouble’
Books

James Ellroy: ‘I was 17 and on the loose in LA, and looking for trouble’

Judith Kerr: ‘The British were so friendly to us as refugees’
Social Justice

Judith Kerr: ‘The British were so friendly to us as refugees’

Russell T Davies: ‘I wish my mum had lived to see me making Doctor Who’
TV

Russell T Davies: ‘I wish my mum had lived to see me making Doctor Who’

Don Felder: ‘I think I lost my long-term vision with alcohol and drugs’
Music

Don Felder: ‘I think I lost my long-term vision with alcohol and drugs’

Don Felder: ‘I’d relive the moment I wrote Hotel California riff if I could’
Music

Don Felder: ‘I’d relive the moment I wrote Hotel California riff if I could’

K.D Lang: ‘Fame changed me. I thought I was prepared for it’
Music

K.D Lang: ‘Fame changed me. I thought I was prepared for it’

Viv Albertine: ‘The Slits was exhausting and I ended up in hospital’
Music

Viv Albertine: ‘The Slits was exhausting and I ended up in hospital’

Ian McEwan: ‘We thought we were on the cutting edge of experience. Nonsense’
Books

Ian McEwan: ‘We thought we were on the cutting edge of experience. Nonsense’

Michael Ball: ‘I hid in my flat for months. I suffered so badly with nerves’
Music

Michael Ball: ‘I hid in my flat for months. I suffered so badly with nerves’

Kiefer Sutherland: ‘I didn’t know how lucky I was being in The Lost Boys’
Film

Kiefer Sutherland: ‘I didn’t know how lucky I was being in The Lost Boys’

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Francis Rossi: ‘I was lucky. I was able to just give up drugs’
Culture

Francis Rossi: ‘I was lucky. I was able to just give up drugs’

Simon Amstell: ‘I had to lie about who I was because I liked boys’
TV

Simon Amstell: ‘I had to lie about who I was because I liked boys’

Chiwetel Ejiofor: ‘Education is the most important thing we have’
Film

Chiwetel Ejiofor: ‘Education is the most important thing we have’

Don Warrington: ‘I had a secret longing to be an actor since I was a boy’
Film

Don Warrington: ‘I had a secret longing to be an actor since I was a boy’