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Letter To My Younger Self
P.P. Arnold: 'I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger'
P.P. Arnold: 'I was in a relationship with a white boy that just happened to be Mick Jagger'
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'
Alison Hammond: 'I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain'
Alison Hammond: 'I knew very little about my own Black history in Britain'
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
Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she's written
Parminder Nagra on Bend It Like Beckham's legacy and celebrating birthdays with George Clooney
Parminder Nagra on Bend It Like Beckham's legacy and celebrating birthdays with George Clooney
Ben Okri: 'War taught me as a kid that there is no certainty in this world'
Ben Okri: 'War taught me as a kid that there is no certainty in this world'
Jimmy Webb: 'I came pretty close to the edge of the abyss on a number of occasions'
Jimmy Webb: 'I came pretty close to the edge of the abyss on a number of occasions'
JJ Chalmers: 'In some ways, it's like I was born again after Afghanistan'
JJ Chalmers: 'In some ways, it's like I was born again after Afghanistan'
Paddy Considine: 'I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions'
Paddy Considine: 'I feel like my life is a series of beautiful interventions'
'What you really love to do will keep you going': Remembering June Brown, EastEnders' iconic Dot Cotton
