Letter To My Younger Self

Don Felder: ‘I’d relive the moment I wrote Hotel California riff if I could’
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Don Felder: ‘I’d relive the moment I wrote Hotel California riff if I could’

K.D Lang: 'Fame changed me. I thought I was prepared for it'
Music

K.D Lang: 'Fame changed me. I thought I was prepared for it'

Viv Albertine: 'The Slits was exhausting and I ended up in hospital'
Music

Viv Albertine: 'The Slits was exhausting and I ended up in hospital'

Ian McEwan: 'We thought we were on the cutting edge of experience. Nonsense'
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Ian McEwan: 'We thought we were on the cutting edge of experience. Nonsense'

Michael Ball: 'I hid in my flat for months. I suffered so badly with nerves'
Michael Ball Credit: James Hole Park
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Michael Ball: 'I hid in my flat for months. I suffered so badly with nerves'

Kiefer Sutherland: 'I didn't know how lucky I was being in The Lost Boys'
Film

Kiefer Sutherland: 'I didn't know how lucky I was being in The Lost Boys'

Ralph Fiennes: 'Don’t be complacent. Have the courage to speak your mind'
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Film

Ralph Fiennes: 'Don’t be complacent. Have the courage to speak your mind'

Francis Rossi: 'I was lucky. I was able to just give up drugs'
Francis Rossi
Culture

Francis Rossi: 'I was lucky. I was able to just give up drugs'

Simon Amstell: 'I had to lie about who I was because I liked boys'
Simon Amstell
TV

Simon Amstell: 'I had to lie about who I was because I liked boys'

Chiwetel Ejiofor: 'Education is the most important thing we have'
Film

Chiwetel Ejiofor: 'Education is the most important thing we have'

Don Warrington: 'I had a secret longing to be an actor since I was a boy'
Don Warrington
Film

Don Warrington: 'I had a secret longing to be an actor since I was a boy'

Samantha Morton: 'I felt a lot of anger when I was a teenager in care'
TV

Samantha Morton: 'I felt a lot of anger when I was a teenager in care'

Kwame Kwei-Armah: 'I would live in fear of being stabbed by skinheads'
TV

Kwame Kwei-Armah: 'I would live in fear of being stabbed by skinheads'

Richard E Grant: 'Every job I've had is a result of being in Withnail & I'
Film

Richard E Grant: 'Every job I've had is a result of being in Withnail & I'

Tom Kerridge: 'My mum is the greatest thing ever'
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Tom Kerridge: 'My mum is the greatest thing ever'

Stigma meant my alcoholic father couldn't get help, says Richard E Grant
Culture

Stigma meant my alcoholic father couldn't get help, says Richard E Grant

Andrea Bocelli: 'I owe my parents an awful lot'
Music

Andrea Bocelli: 'I owe my parents an awful lot'

Shirley Ballas: 'I've spent my life in an industry dominated by men'
Culture

Shirley Ballas: 'I've spent my life in an industry dominated by men'

Dominic West: 'I feel I’m in the summer of my life - it can’t last forever'
TV

Dominic West: 'I feel I’m in the summer of my life - it can’t last forever'

Stella Rimington: 'KGB saw us as extraordinary creatures from another world'
Books

Stella Rimington: 'KGB saw us as extraordinary creatures from another world'