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Letter To My Younger Self

Yann Martel: "I wish I hadn’t been so middle-class in my choices"
Books

Yann Martel: "I wish I hadn’t been so middle-class in my choices"

Matt Berry: "I did the right thing never getting a proper job"
TV

Matt Berry: "I did the right thing never getting a proper job"

Julie Walters: "Somebody tried to abduct me when I was a child"
TV

Julie Walters: "Somebody tried to abduct me when I was a child"

Jessica Hynes: "I would tell my younger self to chill out"
TV

Jessica Hynes: "I would tell my younger self to chill out"

Edwyn Collins: "I was too frightened to listen to music"
Music

Edwyn Collins: "I was too frightened to listen to music"

Frederick Forsyth: "They put a price on my head, so I had to get out"
Books

Frederick Forsyth: "They put a price on my head, so I had to get out"

Ade Adepitan: "My dad banned me from watching disability sport on TV"
TV

Ade Adepitan: "My dad banned me from watching disability sport on TV"

Malcolm Rifkind: "Putin has banned me from Russia. It’s a badge of pride"
Culture

Malcolm Rifkind: "Putin has banned me from Russia. It’s a badge of pride"

Ross Noble: "I considered living in the wild. I researched eating snails"
TV

Ross Noble: "I considered living in the wild. I researched eating snails"

John Barrowman interview: "I wouldn’t say no to having children"
TV

John Barrowman interview: "I wouldn’t say no to having children"

Arianna Huffington: 'I have let myself fail many times'
Culture

Arianna Huffington: 'I have let myself fail many times'

Joanna Lumley: "I have always loved getting older, so being 70 is fabulous"
TV

Joanna Lumley: "I have always loved getting older, so being 70 is fabulous"

Jimmy Osmond: "Losing all our money was the best thing to ever happen to us"
Music

Jimmy Osmond: "Losing all our money was the best thing to ever happen to us"

Paul Giamatti: "Acting is harder than I thought it would be"
Film

Paul Giamatti: "Acting is harder than I thought it would be"

Gene Simmons interview: "My mother saw her mother walk into the gas chambers"
Music

Gene Simmons interview: "My mother saw her mother walk into the gas chambers"

Salman Rushdie: "My son's whole childhood was shaped by the fatwa"
Books

Salman Rushdie: "My son's whole childhood was shaped by the fatwa"

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David Haye interview: "I don't want my son to be a boxer"
News

David Haye interview: "I don't want my son to be a boxer"

James Naughtie: "People's capacity to survive is the most thrilling thing"
Culture

James Naughtie: "People's capacity to survive is the most thrilling thing"

Geoffrey Rush: "I foolishly thought I wanted to be an astronomer"
Film

Geoffrey Rush: "I foolishly thought I wanted to be an astronomer"

Nick Knowles: "I had an affair, and hate it that I hurt people emotionally"
TV

Nick Knowles: "I had an affair, and hate it that I hurt people emotionally"

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