Letter To My Younger Self

Inside the Big Issue: 40 years on from the miners' strike
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 40 years on from the miners' strike

Jason Donovan: 'I enjoyed fame initially – until I left Neighbours'
Letter To My Younger Self

Jason Donovan: 'I enjoyed fame initially – until I left Neighbours'

Jason Donovan on 'first love' Kylie Minogue: 'It's a very difficult relationship to escape'
Music

Jason Donovan on 'first love' Kylie Minogue: 'It's a very difficult relationship to escape'

First Dates star Fred Sirieix: 'I left France because I loved punk'
Letter To My Younger Self

First Dates star Fred Sirieix: 'I left France because I loved punk'

Bros star Matt Goss: 'Me and my brother Luke should get on with having a good time together'
Letter to my Younger Self

Bros star Matt Goss: 'Me and my brother Luke should get on with having a good time together'

World's most-streamed classical artist Ludovico Einaudi: 'Music was the only way for me to survive'
Letter To My Younger Self

World's most-streamed classical artist Ludovico Einaudi: 'Music was the only way for me to survive'

Pete Doherty: 'Living without heroin was very hard to imagine'
Letter To My Younger Self

Pete Doherty: 'Living without heroin was very hard to imagine'

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'
Letter To My Younger Self

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: 'America used to seem cool – now it's gone berserk'
Letter To My Younger Self

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: 'America used to seem cool – now it's gone berserk'

'Tragedy is a cruel teacher': Harlan Coben on how death of his parents made him a better writer
Culture

'Tragedy is a cruel teacher': Harlan Coben on how death of his parents made him a better writer

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'It wasn't the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music'
Letter To My Younger Self

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'It wasn't the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music'

Chris McCausland: 'I'd tell my younger self he's going to sit on the same toilets as his heroes'
Letter To My Younger Self

Chris McCausland: 'I'd tell my younger self he's going to sit on the same toilets as his heroes'

Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo: 'I didn't know where Steven ended and Dynamo began'
Letter To My Younger Self

Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo: 'I didn't know where Steven ended and Dynamo began'

House of the Spirits author Isabel Allende: 'I have regrets – I hurt my family badly'
Letter To My Younger Self

House of the Spirits author Isabel Allende: 'I have regrets – I hurt my family badly'

Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless: 'To have Lisa Simpson say your name is crazy'
Letter to my Younger Self

Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless: 'To have Lisa Simpson say your name is crazy'

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: 'I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix'
Bobby Gillespie
Letter To My Younger Self

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: 'I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix'

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The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go'
Pauline Black in 1984 as a TV presenter on Hold Tight!
Letter to my Younger Self

The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go'

The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie: 'I'd rather not be remembered for Three Lions'
Letter To My Younger Self

The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie: 'I'd rather not be remembered for Three Lions'

Colin Greenwood: 'I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead'
Letter To My Younger Self

Colin Greenwood: 'I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead'

Singer and TV star Daniel O'Donnell: 'I don't want yesterday back – I love today'
Daniel O'Donnell
Letter To My Younger Self

Singer and TV star Daniel O'Donnell: 'I don't want yesterday back – I love today'