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Pixies frontman Black Francis: ‘I tend to be somewhat isolationist’

Pixies frontman Black Francis: ‘I tend to be somewhat isolationist’
Lesley Manville: ‘A working-class upbringing is political in itself, isn’t it?’

Lesley Manville: ‘A working-class upbringing is political in itself, isn’t it?’
Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’

Motsi Mabuse: ‘I don’t like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now’
Paul O’Grady: ‘I could milk a cow by the time I was seven’

Paul O’Grady: ‘I could milk a cow by the time I was seven’
Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’

Tony Blackburn: ‘The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known’
Sharon Horgan: ‘Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing’

Sharon Horgan: ‘Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing’
Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’

Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’
From the archives: Salman Rushdie’s letter to his younger self

From the archives: Salman Rushdie’s letter to his younger self
Gary Numan: ‘Fame is like jumping onto a speeding train. At some point you lose your grip’

Gary Numan: ‘Fame is like jumping onto a speeding train. At some point you lose your grip’
Anita Rani: ‘Asian women aren’t allowed to fail. We have to excel at everything’

Anita Rani: ‘Asian women aren’t allowed to fail. We have to excel at everything’
Simon Pegg: ‘Sometimes I catch myself, oh my god, I’m on the bridge of the Enterprise. How did I get here?’

Simon Pegg: ‘Sometimes I catch myself, oh my god, I’m on the bridge of the Enterprise. How did I get here?’
Denise Mina: ‘Writing is a compulsion. It’s not really something you choose to do’

Denise Mina: ‘Writing is a compulsion. It’s not really something you choose to do’
Glenda Jackson: ‘What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher’

Glenda Jackson: ‘What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher’
Dame Margaret Beckett: ‘I hope I’ve helped the women who have come after me’

Dame Margaret Beckett: ‘I hope I’ve helped the women who have come after me’
Steve Lamacq: ‘I’m still doing what I was doing when I was 16’

Steve Lamacq: ‘I’m still doing what I was doing when I was 16’
Bruce Hornsby: ‘Having a laugh or 20 is an enjoyable and healthy way to live’

Bruce Hornsby: ‘Having a laugh or 20 is an enjoyable and healthy way to live’
Joe Wicks: ‘My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be’

Joe Wicks: ‘My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be’
‘Mistakes are not a failure, they are part of the gig,’ says TV presenter Angela Scanlon

‘Mistakes are not a failure, they are part of the gig,’ says TV presenter Angela Scanlon
Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she’s written
