Letter To My Younger Self
Steven Pinker: ‘I’m a lucky person, my life has gone pretty well’
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
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’
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’
Gary Numan: ‘Fame is like jumping onto a speeding train. At some point you lose your grip’
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’
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’
