Letter To My Younger Self
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”

Mary Robinson: “I’d tell my younger self you can’t change things too quickly”
Sylvester McCoy: As Doctors, we’re a part of a very special club

Sylvester McCoy: As Doctors, we’re a part of a very special club
Geoffrey Robertson QC: “The Daily Mail said I was known as the Rottweiler”

Geoffrey Robertson QC: “The Daily Mail said I was known as the Rottweiler”
Henry Blofeld: “My life would be an innings of desperate uncertainty”

Henry Blofeld: “My life would be an innings of desperate uncertainty”
Ben Elton: “I was never able to say goodbye to Rik Mayall”

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