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Letter To My Younger Self

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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TV

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'

Jean-Michel Jarre: 'My success was so big and violent it was almost abstract'
Film

Jean-Michel Jarre: 'My success was so big and violent it was almost abstract'

Mark Knopfler: 'I've been tested, but the desire to make music has remained'
Music

Mark Knopfler: 'I've been tested, but the desire to make music has remained'

Roger Daltrey: 'I've not been perfect, but I hope I learned from my mistakes'
Music

Roger Daltrey: 'I've not been perfect, but I hope I learned from my mistakes'

Chris Bonington: 'Even after loss, I’ve never considered not being a climber'
News

Chris Bonington: 'Even after loss, I’ve never considered not being a climber'

Mishal Husain: The presenting powerhouse doesn't know any other way to live
TV

Mishal Husain: The presenting powerhouse doesn't know any other way to live

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Romesh Ranganathan's teenage struggle with poverty was 'insane'
TV

Romesh Ranganathan's teenage struggle with poverty was 'insane'

Prue Leith: I was amazingly selfish and amazingly unaware as a teenager
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TV

Prue Leith: I was amazingly selfish and amazingly unaware as a teenager

Ruth Davidson: I thought I'd be married in my early twenties with two kids
Politics

Ruth Davidson: I thought I'd be married in my early twenties with two kids

Rod Stewart: The 16-year-old me wouldn’t believe I’m still doing this at 73
Music

Rod Stewart: The 16-year-old me wouldn’t believe I’m still doing this at 73

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