Letter To My Younger Self
Sir Kenneth Branagh: 'I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast'
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Sir Kenneth Branagh: 'I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast'
Peter Dinklage: 'Who says beautiful white people own the rights to romantic stories?'
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Peter Dinklage: 'Who says beautiful white people own the rights to romantic stories?'
The best of The Big Issue's Letter To My Younger Self from 2021
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The best of The Big Issue's Letter To My Younger Self from 2021
Michael Sheen: 'I’ve essentially turned myself into a social enterprise, a not-for-profit actor'
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Michael Sheen: 'I’ve essentially turned myself into a social enterprise, a not-for-profit actor'
Simon Le Bon: 'I’m very lucky. Solo artists have nobody to tell them they’re being an arsehole'
![Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1490_YS_4-scaled.jpg?w=768)
Simon Le Bon: 'I’m very lucky. Solo artists have nobody to tell them they’re being an arsehole'
Engelbert Humperdinck: 'I've lost fortunes, my dear. Fortunes'
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Engelbert Humperdinck: 'I've lost fortunes, my dear. Fortunes'
Naga Munchetty: 'Immigrant families have to be that bit better'
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Naga Munchetty: 'Immigrant families have to be that bit better'
Mark Strong: 'I started a fanzine named after a Damned song and sold copies for 5p'
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Mark Strong: 'I started a fanzine named after a Damned song and sold copies for 5p'
Shappi Khorsandi: 'I'd tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs'
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Shappi Khorsandi: 'I'd tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs'
Dolly Parton, Dave Grohl and Billie Piper feature in Letter To My Younger Self paperback
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Dolly Parton, Dave Grohl and Billie Piper feature in Letter To My Younger Self paperback
Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'
![Billy Bragg. Image: Jill Furmanovsky](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1483_LTMYS_BillyBragg_4_HERO.jpg?w=768)
Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'
Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie
![Queen drummer Roger Taylor. Image: Xavier Vila](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Credit-Xavier-Vila-scaled-e1633700921545.jpg?w=768)
Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie
Roger Taylor: ‘I just wish I’d got to say goodbye to Freddie’
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Roger Taylor: ‘I just wish I’d got to say goodbye to Freddie’
Big Issue sellers share words of advice for their younger selves
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Big Issue sellers share words of advice for their younger selves
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on her journey from homelessness to fire chief – via The Big Issue
![Sabrina Cohen-Hatton. Sleeping rough at 16, Sabrina survived by selling The Big Issue. She has gone on to become a fire service chief, an author and an inspiration.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/LTMYS_WEB_1480.jpg?w=768)
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on her journey from homelessness to fire chief – via The Big Issue
Terry Hall: 'The Specials have always been about protest'
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Terry Hall: 'The Specials have always been about protest'
Andy Murray on childhood, success and the advice his daughter gave him
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Andy Murray on childhood, success and the advice his daughter gave him
Actor Samuel West: 'I was a rebellious 33-year-old'
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