Letter To My Younger Self
Ben Okri: ‘War taught me as a kid that there is no certainty in this world’
Ben Okri: ‘War taught me as a kid that there is no certainty in this world’
Jimmy Webb: ‘I came pretty close to the edge of the abyss on a number of occasions’
Jimmy Webb: ‘I came pretty close to the edge of the abyss on a number of occasions’
JJ Chalmers: ‘In some ways, it’s like I was born again after Afghanistan’
JJ Chalmers: ‘In some ways, it’s like I was born again after Afghanistan’
Paddy Considine: ‘I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions’
Paddy Considine: ‘I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions’
‘What you really love to do will keep you going’: Remembering June Brown, EastEnders’ iconic Dot Cotton
‘What you really love to do will keep you going’: Remembering June Brown, EastEnders’ iconic Dot Cotton
Will Young: ‘I worked out that nothing really matters, then found simplistic joy in everything’
Will Young: ‘I worked out that nothing really matters, then found simplistic joy in everything’
Alex Winter: ‘Keanu and I never thought Bill & Ted was going to be a big movie’
Alex Winter: ‘Keanu and I never thought Bill & Ted was going to be a big movie’
Lloyd Cole: ‘My younger self would probably be appalled I’m still performing with grey hair’
Lloyd Cole: ‘My younger self would probably be appalled I’m still performing with grey hair’
Dr Hilary Jones: ‘I always try to be kind and compassionate, and grateful for what I have’
Dr Hilary Jones: ‘I always try to be kind and compassionate, and grateful for what I have’
Louis Theroux on childhood worries: ‘I wondered if I would ever get any proper tackle’
Louis Theroux on childhood worries: ‘I wondered if I would ever get any proper tackle’
Clive Myrie: ‘I’ve been in some dangerous situations, but I don’t think I ever thought about the danger’
Clive Myrie: ‘I’ve been in some dangerous situations, but I don’t think I ever thought about the danger’
Louis Theroux: ‘If I could see Jimmy Savile again I’d take one of his victims to confront him’
Louis Theroux: ‘If I could see Jimmy Savile again I’d take one of his victims to confront him’
Tyne Daly: ‘I saw an opportunity in Cagney & Lacey to play interesting parts for women’
Tyne Daly: ‘I saw an opportunity in Cagney & Lacey to play interesting parts for women’
Monica Ali: ‘You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer’
Monica Ali: ‘You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer’
Russell Watson: ‘I never had any ambition to be a singer at all’
Russell Watson: ‘I never had any ambition to be a singer at all’
Sir Kenneth Branagh: ‘I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast’
Sir Kenneth Branagh: ‘I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast’
Peter Dinklage: ‘Who says beautiful white people own the rights to romantic stories?’
Peter Dinklage: ‘Who says beautiful white people own the rights to romantic stories?’
The best of The Big Issue’s Letter To My Younger Self from 2021
The best of The Big Issue’s Letter To My Younger Self from 2021
Michael Sheen: ‘I’ve essentially turned myself into a social enterprise, a not-for-profit actor’
