Letter To My Younger Self
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’

Chris Bonington: ‘Even after loss, I’ve never considered not being a climber’
Mishal Husain: The presenting powerhouse doesn’t know any other way to live

Mishal Husain: The presenting powerhouse doesn’t know any other way to live
Romesh Ranganathan’s teenage struggle with poverty was ‘insane’

Romesh Ranganathan’s teenage struggle with poverty was ‘insane’
Prue Leith: I was amazingly selfish and amazingly unaware as a teenager

Prue Leith: I was amazingly selfish and amazingly unaware as a teenager
Ruth Davidson: I thought I’d be married in my early twenties with two kids

Ruth Davidson: I thought I’d be married in my early twenties with two kids
Coleen Nolan: Losing my sister made me question my own mortality

Coleen Nolan: Losing my sister made me question my own mortality
Josh Groban: ‘If I could go back in time I would warn everyone about Trump’

Josh Groban: ‘If I could go back in time I would warn everyone about Trump’
Terry Waite: “I’ve had mock executions, been tortured, but I came through it”

Terry Waite: “I’ve had mock executions, been tortured, but I came through it”
Mary Robinson: “I’d tell my younger self you can’t change things too quickly”
