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Letter To My Younger Self

Ben Elton: "I was never able to say goodbye to Rik Mayall"
TV

Ben Elton: "I was never able to say goodbye to Rik Mayall"

"The damage is done": Dame Stephanie Shirley on Trump’s immigration policies
News

"The damage is done": Dame Stephanie Shirley on Trump’s immigration policies

Windrush child Don Letts: "Our parents were getting screwed"
News

Windrush child Don Letts: "Our parents were getting screwed"

Cressida Cowell: "I always felt I could never measure up to my dad"
Books

Cressida Cowell: "I always felt I could never measure up to my dad"

Ska legend Jimmy Cliff: "It was difficult when I first came to England"
Music

Ska legend Jimmy Cliff: "It was difficult when I first came to England"

Wilbur Smith says his 16-year-old self would reckon he's a 'jammy sod'
Books

Wilbur Smith says his 16-year-old self would reckon he's a 'jammy sod'

Dan Snow on being a loser, foreign girlfriends and the smell of South London
Books

Dan Snow on being a loser, foreign girlfriends and the smell of South London

Ronnie O’Sullivan compares his snooker career to an injured animal
News

Ronnie O’Sullivan compares his snooker career to an injured animal

Elvis Costello: "I knew my band was way better than our contemporaries"
Music

Elvis Costello: "I knew my band was way better than our contemporaries"

Pamela des Barres: '#MeToo was different in music'
Jimmy Page Pamela Des Barres
Music

Pamela des Barres: '#MeToo was different in music'

Relief consumed Carl Fogarty after his career-ending crash 18 years ago
News

Relief consumed Carl Fogarty after his career-ending crash 18 years ago

Dougray Scott was told he'd never make it as an actor
TV

Dougray Scott was told he'd never make it as an actor

Sara Cox: "I got teased for having things like long skinny legs and big lips"
Sara Cox
Radio

Sara Cox: "I got teased for having things like long skinny legs and big lips"

Doon Mackichan: "I didn't have any serious ambition to be an actor"
Culture

Doon Mackichan: "I didn't have any serious ambition to be an actor"

Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth
Music

Will.i.am’s heart hurts for today’s fame-hungry youth

How Bernard MacLaverty's novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland
Books

How Bernard MacLaverty's novels chimed with the mood in the North of Ireland

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Dita Von Teese: “We have to stand up for beauty and sensuality and eroticism"
Dita Von Teese
Culture

Dita Von Teese: “We have to stand up for beauty and sensuality and eroticism"

Roger Bannister: "I'd rather be remembered for neurology than running"
Roger Bannister
News

Roger Bannister: "I'd rather be remembered for neurology than running"

Timothy Spall: "It was one of the biggest shocks of my life"
Timothy Spall
Film

Timothy Spall: "It was one of the biggest shocks of my life"

David Tennant: “I was told acting was a daft idea. You won’t make a living”
TV

David Tennant: “I was told acting was a daft idea. You won’t make a living”

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