Letter To My Younger Self
Viv Albertine: ‘The Slits was exhausting and I ended up in hospital’

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’

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’

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’

Kiefer Sutherland: ‘I didn’t know how lucky I was being in The Lost Boys’
Ralph Fiennes: ‘Don’t be complacent. Have the courage to speak your mind’

Ralph Fiennes: ‘Don’t be complacent. Have the courage to speak your mind’
Francis Rossi: ‘I was lucky. I was able to just give up drugs’

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’

Simon Amstell: ‘I had to lie about who I was because I liked boys’
Chiwetel Ejiofor: ‘Education is the most important thing we have’

Chiwetel Ejiofor: ‘Education is the most important thing we have’
Samantha Morton: ‘I felt a lot of anger when I was a teenager in care’

Samantha Morton: ‘I felt a lot of anger when I was a teenager in care’
Kwame Kwei-Armah: ‘I would live in fear of being stabbed by skinheads’

Kwame Kwei-Armah: ‘I would live in fear of being stabbed by skinheads’
Richard E Grant: ‘Every job I’ve had is a result of being in Withnail & I’

Richard E Grant: ‘Every job I’ve had is a result of being in Withnail & I’
Stigma meant my alcoholic father couldn’t get help, says Richard E Grant

Stigma meant my alcoholic father couldn’t get help, says Richard E Grant
Shirley Ballas: ‘I’ve spent my life in an industry dominated by men’

Shirley Ballas: ‘I’ve spent my life in an industry dominated by men’
Dominic West: ‘I feel I’m in the summer of my life – it can’t last forever’

Dominic West: ‘I feel I’m in the summer of my life – it can’t last forever’
Jean-Michel Jarre: ‘My success was so big and violent it was almost abstract’

Jean-Michel Jarre: ‘My success was so big and violent it was almost abstract’
Mark Knopfler: ‘I’ve been tested, but the desire to make music has remained’

Mark Knopfler: ‘I’ve been tested, but the desire to make music has remained’
Roger Daltrey: ‘I’ve not been perfect, but I hope I learned from my mistakes’

Roger Daltrey: ‘I’ve not been perfect, but I hope I learned from my mistakes’
Chris Bonington: ‘Even after loss, I’ve never considered not being a climber’
