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Letter To My Younger Self

Vinnie Jones still speaks to his wife Tanya a year after her death
Vinnie Jones
Film

Vinnie Jones still speaks to his wife Tanya a year after her death

Steven Berkoff: "I began to hate authority… and that has never left me"
TV

Steven Berkoff: "I began to hate authority… and that has never left me"

Martin Kemp: "When I was on stage, I was playing the role of the pin-up"
Martin Kemp BBC
TV

Martin Kemp: "When I was on stage, I was playing the role of the pin-up"

Simon Armitage: Eighties Britain was a grimy and violent place
Books

Simon Armitage: Eighties Britain was a grimy and violent place

Huey Lewis: 'The power of love is family'
Music

Huey Lewis: 'The power of love is family'

Vera Lynn: 'I remember the sense of community – everyone did their bit'
Vera Lynn
Music

Vera Lynn: 'I remember the sense of community – everyone did their bit'

Judy Collins: I didn't write songs until after I met Leonard Cohen.
Music

Judy Collins: I didn't write songs until after I met Leonard Cohen.

Cherie Blair: 'I thought I'd be the first woman prime minister'
Cherie Blair has said she suffered from imposter syndrome when trying to make it in the male-dominated world of law
News

Cherie Blair: 'I thought I'd be the first woman prime minister'

Jay Rayner: 'Lockdown has made me aware that I’m a very privileged man'
Jay Rayner
Books

Jay Rayner: 'Lockdown has made me aware that I’m a very privileged man'

Julia Donaldson: 'I didn't want to be a writer, I wanted to be an actress'
julia donaldson
Books

Julia Donaldson: 'I didn't want to be a writer, I wanted to be an actress'

Gregory Porter: "I harvested moments from my life to put into songwriting"
gregory Porter 1405 Amy Sioux
Music

Gregory Porter: "I harvested moments from my life to put into songwriting"

Max Richter: "I was furious with the world… it was the apex of Thatcherism"
Music

Max Richter: "I was furious with the world… it was the apex of Thatcherism"

David Lammy: 'I have to be robust in public but I don’t feel that way inside'
David Lammy
Politics

David Lammy: 'I have to be robust in public but I don’t feel that way inside'

Radiohead's Ed O'Brien: 'There's a common misconception that we're miserable'
ed o'brien
Music

Radiohead's Ed O'Brien: 'There's a common misconception that we're miserable'

Noel Clarke: 'I have always had a fight in me'
TV

Noel Clarke: 'I have always had a fight in me'

Alesha Dixon: "The biggest risk brought the biggest pay-off"
Music

Alesha Dixon: "The biggest risk brought the biggest pay-off"

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Richard Dreyfuss: "I was raised in a very left-wing community"
Richard Dreyfuss
Film

Richard Dreyfuss: "I was raised in a very left-wing community"

Why we all need to adopt Richard Dreyfuss' attitude towards depression
Richard Dreyfuss
Health

Why we all need to adopt Richard Dreyfuss' attitude towards depression

Chris Stein: "I still feel protective about Debbie"
Music

Chris Stein: "I still feel protective about Debbie"

Craig Charles' struggle as a working-class artist still feels too familiar
Craig Charles LTMYS 1399
TV

Craig Charles' struggle as a working-class artist still feels too familiar

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