Letter To My Younger Self
Andy McNab didn’t know how to read at 16, now he’s a bestselling author

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”

Jill Halfpenny: “I felt like the luckiest girl alive”
Fiona Shaw: ‘I fantasise about being Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s mother’

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’

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’

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’

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’

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’

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’

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’

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’

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’

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’

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