Letter To My Younger Self
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’

Don Warrington: ‘I had a secret longing to be an actor since I was a boy’
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’
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’
Stella Rimington: ‘KGB saw us as extraordinary creatures from another world’

Stella Rimington: ‘KGB saw us as extraordinary creatures from another world’
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’
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
Rod Stewart: The 16-year-old me wouldn’t believe I’m still doing this at 73


