Letter To My Younger Self
Windrush child Don Letts: “Our parents were getting screwed”

Windrush child Don Letts: “Our parents were getting screwed”
Cressida Cowell: “I always felt I could never measure up to my dad”

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”

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’

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

Dan Snow on being a loser, foreign girlfriends and the smell of South London
Ronnie O’Sullivan compares his snooker career to an injured animal

Ronnie O’Sullivan compares his snooker career to an injured animal
Elvis Costello: “I knew my band was way better than our contemporaries”

Elvis Costello: “I knew my band was way better than our contemporaries”
Pamela des Barres: ‘#MeToo was different in music’

Pamela des Barres: ‘#MeToo was different in music’
Dougray Scott was told he’d never make it as an actor

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”

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”

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

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

How Bernard MacLaverty’s novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland
Dita Von Teese: “We have to stand up for beauty and sensuality and eroticism”

Dita Von Teese: “We have to stand up for beauty and sensuality and eroticism”
Roger Bannister: “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running”

Roger Bannister: “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running”
Timothy Spall: “It was one of the biggest shocks of my life”

Timothy Spall: “It was one of the biggest shocks of my life”
Graeme Obree: “Cycling is my way out of my struggles”

Graeme Obree: “Cycling is my way out of my struggles”
Juliet Stevenson: “I finally feel confident about myself”

Juliet Stevenson: “I finally feel confident about myself”
Billie Jean King: ‘We are going backwards with Trump as President’

Billie Jean King: ‘We are going backwards with Trump as President’
Val McDermid: “There were no lesbians in Fife in the 1960s”
