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Letter To My Younger Self

Happy Days icon Henry Winkler: ‘The Fonz gave me opportunity – but then he took opportunity away’
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Happy Days icon Henry Winkler: ‘The Fonz gave me opportunity – but then he took opportunity away’

Punk poet John Cooper Clarke: ‘The drugs? Well, obviously keep away from all that s**t’
Letter to My Younger Self

Punk poet John Cooper Clarke: ‘The drugs? Well, obviously keep away from all that s**t’

Alan Partridge on teen years, getting older and why, in a way, he’s always been a chat show host
Letter to my younger self

Alan Partridge on teen years, getting older and why, in a way, he’s always been a chat show host

Aled Jones: ‘My parents gave up so much to let me follow my dreams’
Letter to my younger self

Aled Jones: ‘My parents gave up so much to let me follow my dreams’

This Is Going to Hurt writer Adam Kay: ‘It’s vital for people to know that doctors are human’
Letter to my younger self

This Is Going to Hurt writer Adam Kay: ‘It’s vital for people to know that doctors are human’

BBC Strictly’s Angela Rippon: ‘I’m showing that actually, people of a certain age can still exercise’
Letter to my younger self

BBC Strictly’s Angela Rippon: ‘I’m showing that actually, people of a certain age can still exercise’

Richard Hawley: ‘Thatcher defined my youth. She gave us something to fight against’
Letter to my younger self

Richard Hawley: ‘Thatcher defined my youth. She gave us something to fight against’

Author and activist Naomi Klein: ‘My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world’
Letter To My Younger Self

Author and activist Naomi Klein: ‘My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world’

Al Murray: ‘Going to boarding school set me up to create the Pub Landlord’
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Al Murray: ‘Going to boarding school set me up to create the Pub Landlord’

Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B: ‘As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there’
Letter to my younger self

Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B: ‘As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there’

Adrian Edmondson on family, fatherhood and break-up with late comedy legend Rik Mayall
Letter to my younger self

Adrian Edmondson on family, fatherhood and break-up with late comedy legend Rik Mayall

TV historian David Olusoga: ‘My family were driven from our home by the National Front’
Letter to my younger self

TV historian David Olusoga: ‘My family were driven from our home by the National Front’

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family
Letter to my Younger Self

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family

Music icon Eddy Grant opens up on disappointing his dad, heart issues and Little Richard
Letter to my Younger Self

Music icon Eddy Grant opens up on disappointing his dad, heart issues and Little Richard

Social Bite’s Josh Littlejohn explains how his Edinburgh cafe ‘made friends’ with George Clooney
Letter to My Younger Self

Social Bite’s Josh Littlejohn explains how his Edinburgh cafe ‘made friends’ with George Clooney

Beverley Knight: ‘My young black skin was politicised the day I was born’
Letter to my Younger Self

Beverley Knight: ‘My young black skin was politicised the day I was born’

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Dawn Butler: ’Nobody looked like me in politics’
Letter to my Younger Self

Dawn Butler: ’Nobody looked like me in politics’

Professor Alice Roberts: ‘I got sidetracked into academia in a delightful way’
Letter to my Younger Self

Professor Alice Roberts: ‘I got sidetracked into academia in a delightful way’

Joan Jett: ‘How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?’
Letter to my Younger Self

Joan Jett: ‘How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?’

Fara Williams: ‘I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me’
Letter to my Younger Self

Fara Williams: ‘I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me’