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

Sharon Horgan: ‘Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing’
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’
Anita Rani: ‘Asian women aren’t allowed to fail. We have to excel at everything’

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?’

Simon Pegg: ‘Sometimes I catch myself, oh my god, I’m on the bridge of the Enterprise. How did I get here?’
Denise Mina: ‘Writing is a compulsion. It’s not really something you choose to do’

Denise Mina: ‘Writing is a compulsion. It’s not really something you choose to do’
Glenda Jackson: ‘What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher’

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’

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’

Steve Lamacq: ‘I’m still doing what I was doing when I was 16’
Alison Hammond: ‘I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain’

Alison Hammond: ‘I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain’
Joe Wicks: ‘My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be’

Joe Wicks: ‘My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be’
‘Mistakes are not a failure, they are part of the gig,’ says TV presenter Angela Scanlon

‘Mistakes are not a failure, they are part of the gig,’ says TV presenter Angela Scanlon
Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she’s written

Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she’s written
Parminder Nagra on Bend It Like Beckham’s legacy and celebrating birthdays with George Clooney
