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Letter To My Younger Self

‘Tragedy is a cruel teacher’: Harlan Coben on how death of his parents made him a better writer
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‘Tragedy is a cruel teacher’: Harlan Coben on how death of his parents made him a better writer

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘It wasn’t the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music’
Letter To My Younger Self

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘It wasn’t the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music’

Chris McCausland: ‘I’d tell my younger self he’s going to sit on the same toilets as his heroes’
Letter To My Younger Self

Chris McCausland: ‘I’d tell my younger self he’s going to sit on the same toilets as his heroes’

Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo: ‘I didn’t know where Steven ended and Dynamo began’
Letter To My Younger Self

Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo: ‘I didn’t know where Steven ended and Dynamo began’

House of the Spirits author Isabel Allende: ‘I have regrets – I hurt my family badly’
Letter To My Younger Self

House of the Spirits author Isabel Allende: ‘I have regrets – I hurt my family badly’

Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless: ‘To have Lisa Simpson say your name is crazy’
Letter to my Younger Self

Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless: ‘To have Lisa Simpson say your name is crazy’

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’
Letter To My Younger Self

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’

The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’
Letter to my Younger Self

The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’

Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’
Letter To My Younger Self

Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’

Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’
Letter To My Younger Self

Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’

Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’
Letter To My Younger Self

Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’

Over 100 celebrities pen letters to their younger selves in new Big Issue bookazine
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Over 100 celebrities pen letters to their younger selves in new Big Issue bookazine

Actor Adam Pearson: ‘I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my arse and then carry on’
Letter To My Younger Self

Actor Adam Pearson: ‘I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my arse and then carry on’

Nadhim Zahawi: ‘The line between being on the street and being chancellor is very, very slim’
Letter to my Younger Self

Nadhim Zahawi: ‘The line between being on the street and being chancellor is very, very slim’

Jared Harris: ‘I still wake up every morning wondering if I can make a living as an actor’
Letter To My Younger Self

Jared Harris: ‘I still wake up every morning wondering if I can make a living as an actor’

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘I’d tell my younger self to just be happier’
Letter To My Younger Self

Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘I’d tell my younger self to just be happier’

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The Chase’s Paul Sinha: ‘My mum found out I was gay through an act of emotional sabotage’
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The Chase’s Paul Sinha: ‘My mum found out I was gay through an act of emotional sabotage’

Paralympics host Ed Jackson: ‘It puts a smile on my face just to be able to walk down the stairs’
Letter To My Younger Self

Paralympics host Ed Jackson: ‘It puts a smile on my face just to be able to walk down the stairs’

Ex-Premier League star Troy Deeney: ‘My dad used to beat us up. Football was my only escape’
Letter To My Younger Self

Ex-Premier League star Troy Deeney: ‘My dad used to beat us up. Football was my only escape’

Olympics star Steve Cram: ‘TV’s thrilling but nothing else feels like winning a race’
Letter To My Younger Self

Olympics star Steve Cram: ‘TV’s thrilling but nothing else feels like winning a race’