Letter To My Younger Self
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”
“The damage is done”: Dame Stephanie Shirley on Trump’s immigration policies

“The damage is done”: Dame Stephanie Shirley on Trump’s immigration policies
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”
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’
Relief consumed Carl Fogarty after his career-ending crash 18 years ago

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