Letter To My Younger Self
Wilko Johnson: ‘I believed I was going to die – then started to feel alive’

Wilko Johnson: ‘I believed I was going to die – then started to feel alive’
Doreen Lawrence: ‘I put my pain to the back of my mind when Stephen died’

Doreen Lawrence: ‘I put my pain to the back of my mind when Stephen died’
Pattie Boyd: ‘I was with The Beatles and everything was fabulous’

Pattie Boyd: ‘I was with The Beatles and everything was fabulous’
Bez: ‘I’m balancing on a blade’s edge but it doesn’t worry me’

Bez: ‘I’m balancing on a blade’s edge but it doesn’t worry me’
Pattie Boyd reveals final moments with ex-husband George Harrison

Pattie Boyd reveals final moments with ex-husband George Harrison
Lorraine Kelly: ‘Who’s gonna tell Bette Davis to put her fag out?’

Lorraine Kelly: ‘Who’s gonna tell Bette Davis to put her fag out?’
The Big Issue publishes new Letter to My Younger Self book, this time featuring inspirational women

The Big Issue publishes new Letter to My Younger Self book, this time featuring inspirational women
Why ‘inspirational women’ was an obvious theme for our new Letter To My Younger Self book

Why ‘inspirational women’ was an obvious theme for our new Letter To My Younger Self book
7 lessons from inspirational women: Wisdom from the new Letter To My Younger Self book

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’

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’

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’

Pixies frontman Black Francis: ‘I tend to be somewhat isolationist’
Lesley Manville: ‘A working-class upbringing is political in itself, isn’t it?’

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’

Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’
Paul O’Grady: ‘I could milk a cow by the time I was seven’

Paul O’Grady: ‘I could milk a cow by the time I was seven’
Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’

Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’
Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’

Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’
From the archives: Salman Rushdie’s letter to his 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’

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’
