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Letter To My Younger Self

Gerald Scarfe: How my childhood loneliness led to my grotesque cartoons
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Art

Gerald Scarfe: How my childhood loneliness led to my grotesque cartoons

Harry Connick Jr: “Nothing was going to stop me from making records”
Harry Connick Jr
Music

Harry Connick Jr: “Nothing was going to stop me from making records”

Mark Radcliffe still hasn’t given up on cracking the music business
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Music

Mark Radcliffe still hasn’t given up on cracking the music business

George Alagiah: 'When I look at my life I think, bloody hell, it’s been a good one'
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TV

George Alagiah: 'When I look at my life I think, bloody hell, it’s been a good one'

Margaret Atwood: “I’ve got to stop being a compulsive helpaholic"
Margaret Atwood.
Books

Margaret Atwood: “I’ve got to stop being a compulsive helpaholic"

Lemn Sissay: 'My younger self did not deserve what institutions did to him'
Lemn Sissay
Books

Lemn Sissay: 'My younger self did not deserve what institutions did to him'

Rose McGowan: Hollywood is a ‘sick, toxic system’ I had to escape
Rose McGowan
TV

Rose McGowan: Hollywood is a ‘sick, toxic system’ I had to escape

Bradley Wiggins: “I’m detached from cycling now”
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News

Bradley Wiggins: “I’m detached from cycling now”

Stephen Hendry: 'You have to be very selfish to be and stay the best'
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Culture

Stephen Hendry: 'You have to be very selfish to be and stay the best'

'Art is the important thing': Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno on fame and excess
Serge Pizzorno
Music

'Art is the important thing': Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno on fame and excess

Nick Offerman: Amy Poehler is a 'legend of comedy'
Nick Offerman
TV

Nick Offerman: Amy Poehler is a 'legend of comedy'

Rose McGowan started acting to escape homelessness
Rose McGowan
Culture

Rose McGowan started acting to escape homelessness

Andy McNab didn't know how to read at 16, now he's a bestselling author
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Books

Andy McNab didn't know how to read at 16, now he's a bestselling author

Jill Halfpenny: “I felt like the luckiest girl alive”
TV

Jill Halfpenny: “I felt like the luckiest girl alive”

Fiona Shaw: 'I fantasise about being Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s mother'
Fiona Shaw
TV

Fiona Shaw: 'I fantasise about being Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s mother'

Linford Christie OBE: 'Powers-that-be haven't told the truth about the drugs'
News

Linford Christie OBE: 'Powers-that-be haven't told the truth about the drugs'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Gloria Estefan: 'The Cuba my children learned about doesn’t exist any more'
Music

Gloria Estefan: 'The Cuba my children learned about doesn’t exist any more'

George Benson: 'My mother taught me how to be a human being'
Music

George Benson: 'My mother taught me how to be a human being'

James Ellroy: 'I was 17 and on the loose in LA, and looking for trouble'
Books

James Ellroy: 'I was 17 and on the loose in LA, and looking for trouble'

Judith Kerr: 'The British were so friendly to us as refugees'
Judith Kerr
Social Justice

Judith Kerr: 'The British were so friendly to us as refugees'

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