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Letter To My Younger Self

Henry Blofeld: “My life would be an innings of desperate uncertainty”
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Henry Blofeld: “My life would be an innings of desperate uncertainty”

Ben Elton: “I was never able to say goodbye to Rik Mayall”
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Ben Elton: “I was never able to say goodbye to Rik Mayall”

“The damage is done”: Dame Stephanie Shirley on Trump’s immigration policies
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“The damage is done”: Dame Stephanie Shirley on Trump’s immigration policies

Windrush child Don Letts: “Our parents were getting screwed”
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Windrush child Don Letts: “Our parents were getting screwed”

Cressida Cowell: “I always felt I could never measure up to my dad”
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Cressida Cowell: “I always felt I could never measure up to my dad”

Ska legend Jimmy Cliff: “It was difficult when I first came to England”
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Ska legend Jimmy Cliff: “It was difficult when I first came to England”

Wilbur Smith says his 16-year-old self would reckon he’s a ‘jammy sod’
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Wilbur Smith says his 16-year-old self would reckon he’s a ‘jammy sod’

Dan Snow on being a loser, foreign girlfriends and the smell of South London
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Dan Snow on being a loser, foreign girlfriends and the smell of South London

Elvis Costello: “I knew my band was way better than our contemporaries”
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Elvis Costello: “I knew my band was way better than our contemporaries”

Pamela des Barres: ‘#MeToo was different in music’
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Pamela des Barres: ‘#MeToo was different in music’

Relief consumed Carl Fogarty after his career-ending crash 18 years ago
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Relief consumed Carl Fogarty after his career-ending crash 18 years ago

Dougray Scott was told he’d never make it as an actor
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Dougray Scott was told he’d never make it as an actor

Sara Cox: “I got teased for having things like long skinny legs and big lips”
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Sara Cox: “I got teased for having things like long skinny legs and big lips”

Doon Mackichan: “I didn’t have any serious ambition to be an actor”
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Doon Mackichan: “I didn’t have any serious ambition to be an actor”

Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth
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Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth

How Bernard MacLaverty’s novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland
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How Bernard MacLaverty’s novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland

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Roger Bannister: “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running”
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Roger Bannister: “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running”

Timothy Spall: “It was one of the biggest shocks of my life”
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Timothy Spall: “It was one of the biggest shocks of my life”

David Tennant: “I was told acting was a daft idea. You won’t make a living”
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David Tennant: “I was told acting was a daft idea. You won’t make a living”

Graeme Obree: “Cycling is my way out of my struggles”
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Graeme Obree: “Cycling is my way out of my struggles”