Letter To My Younger Self

What would you say to your 16-year-old self if you could go back in time? We ask well-known figures to offer some words of wisdom to their younger selves...

Agnetha Fältskog

Agnetha Fältskog: "Winning Eurovision brought problems"

Vicky Carroll

Agnetha Fältskog, 63, talks candidly about romance, divorce, regrets, the incredible success of ABBA - and why she loves doing the dishes

Olivia Coman

Olivia Colman: “I immediately knew I would marry him”

Jane Graham

BAFTA-winner Olivia Colman, 39, talks post-natal depression, sobbing through Broadchurch, and love at first sight

Felicity Kendal

Felicity Kendal: "The English are embarrassed by poverty"

Jane Graham

Stage and screen star Felicity Kendal, 66, on her sister's cancer, Indian society, and being the odd one out

Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant: "Women are incomprehensible”

Jane Graham

Broadcaster Chris Tarrant, 66, on his father's war tales, fluking a TV career, and the day that changed his life

Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle: "My parents went to the same parties as I did"

Writer and stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle, 60, on his unusual upbringing, his narcissistic mother, and the adverse effects of success

Pauline Quirke

Pauline Quirke: "I wouldn't mind if I never acted again"

Jane Graham

Birds of a Feather star Pauline Quirke on teenage parties, her mother's death, and the impact of her school drama club

Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh: "You either kill yourself or you grow up"

Jane Graham

It wasn't all sex, drugs and rock'n'roll for Irvine Welsh - there was 'mayhem' too. The Trainspotting author discusses his life of extremes

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen: "I don’t entirely disapprove of drug use"

Sally Brammall

Viggo Mortensen, 54, on childhood screen tests, his romantic teenage years, and feeling like an 'alien life-form'

Al Murray

Al Murray: "I had a perverse streak: if everyone liked something I avoided it"

Jane Graham

Comedian and part-time Pub Landlord Al Murray on his schooldays, prog rock and becoming a father

Meat Loat

Meat Loaf: "There's a lot from my childhood I've blocked out"

Jane Graham

The Bat Out Of Hell singer looks back on his troublesome upbringing, reading Shakespeare and meeting John Lennon

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