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Letter To My Younger Self

Why ‘inspirational women’ was an obvious theme for our new Letter To My Younger Self book
Letter To My Younger Self

Why ‘inspirational women’ was an obvious theme for our new Letter To My Younger Self book

Steven Pinker: ‘I’m a lucky person, my life has gone pretty well’
Books

Steven Pinker: ‘I’m a lucky person, my life has gone pretty well’

7 lessons from inspirational women: Wisdom from the new Letter To My Younger Self book
Letter To My Younger Self

7 lessons from inspirational women: Wisdom from the new Letter To My Younger Self book

Paul Heaton: ‘If you told me I was going to become famous I’d have said: pull the other leg’
Music

Paul Heaton: ‘If you told me I was going to become famous I’d have said: pull the other leg’

Dan Walker: ‘My 16-year-old self would never believe Alan Shearer would one day know his name’
Culture

Dan Walker: ‘My 16-year-old self would never believe Alan Shearer would one day know his name’

Pixies frontman Black Francis: ‘I tend to be somewhat isolationist’
Music

Pixies frontman Black Francis: ‘I tend to be somewhat isolationist’

Lesley Manville: ‘A working-class upbringing is political in itself, isn’t it?’
Letter to my Younger Self

Lesley Manville: ‘A working-class upbringing is political in itself, isn’t it?’

Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’
Letter to my Younger Self

Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’

Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’
Letter to my Younger Self

Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’

Sharon Horgan: ‘Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing’
Letter to my Younger Self

Sharon Horgan: ‘Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing’

Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’
Letter to my Younger Self

Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’

From the archives: Salman Rushdie’s letter to his younger self
Letter to my Younger Self

From the archives: Salman Rushdie’s letter to his younger self

P.P. Arnold: ‘I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger’
Letter to my Younger Self

P.P. Arnold: ‘I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger’

Gary Numan: ‘Fame is like jumping onto a speeding train. At some point you lose your grip’
Letter To My Younger Self

Gary Numan: ‘Fame is like jumping onto a speeding train. At some point you lose your grip’

Anita Rani: ‘Asian women aren’t allowed to fail. We have to excel at everything’
Letter to my Younger Self

Anita Rani: ‘Asian women aren’t allowed to fail. We have to excel at everything’

Simon Pegg: ‘Sometimes I catch myself, oh my god, I’m on the bridge of the Enterprise. How did I get here?’
Letter to my Younger Self

Simon Pegg: ‘Sometimes I catch myself, oh my god, I’m on the bridge of the Enterprise. How did I get here?’

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John McEnroe: ‘It was a hell of a ride’
Letter to my Younger Self

John McEnroe: ‘It was a hell of a ride’

Glenda Jackson: ‘What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher’
Letter to my younger self

Glenda Jackson: ‘What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher’

Dame Margaret Beckett: ‘I hope I’ve helped the women who have come after me’
Letter to my Younger Self

Dame Margaret Beckett: ‘I hope I’ve helped the women who have come after me’

Steve Lamacq: ‘I’m still doing what I was doing when I was 16’
letter to my younger self

Steve Lamacq: ‘I’m still doing what I was doing when I was 16’