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Over 10 years ago, The Big Issue began to ask well-known figures to give advice, offer hope and share a few jokes with their younger selves. They opened up in ways they never had, reflecting on their lives and themselves with affection, sympathy and, sometimes, disbelief.
This collection of 100 incredible letters includes Paul McCartney on how he found inspiration, Olivia Colman on overcoming confidence problems, Mo Farah on the importance of losing, Diane Abbott on self-belief, Jamie Oliver on trusting your instinct, and so much more.
Letter to My Younger Self is a revelatory and profound exploration into the wit and wisdom that age brings, and of the unique insights that looking back can reveal.
Letter To My Younger Self : The Big Issue Presents... 100 Inspiring People on the Moments That Shaped Their Lives
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Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Lord John Bird xii
Chapter 1: Ambition
Billie Jean King 2
Meera Syal 7
Alice Cooper 11
Jon Ronson 15
Melanie C 18
Sir Mo Farah 21
Sir Tom Jones 25
Chapter 2: Creativity
Lynda La Plante 30
Mary J. Blige 34
Ozwald Boateng 38
Philip Glass 42
Rufus Wainwright 46
Shania Twain 51
Werner Herzog 55
Chapter 3: Self-belief
Val McDermid 60
Andrea Bocelli 64
Diane Abbott 69
Imelda Staunton 72
Lord Jeffrey Archer 75
John Lithgow 79
Chapter 4: Inspiration
Mavis Staples 84
Archbishop Desmond Tutu 87
Dame Julie Walters 91
Sir Michael Palin 96
Richard E. Grant 100
Tim Peake 105
Wilbur Smith 109
Viggo Mortensen 113
Chapter 5: Family
Grayson Perry 118
Chelsea Clinton 122
Baroness Shami Chakrabarti 126
Davina McCall 130
Bear Grylls 134
David Cameron 139
David Tennant 142
Prue Leith 147
Chapter 6: Friendship
Joanna Lumley 154
Sue Perkins 158
Dionne Warwick 160
Graham Linehan 163
Michael Winner 168
Roger Daltrey 172
will.i.am 177
Chapter 7: Tenacity
Olivia Newton-John 184
Barry McGuigan 188
Jamie Oliver 192
Dame Stella Rimington 196
Tracey Emin 200
Mary Robinson 203
Chapter 8: Courage
Jane Lynch 210
Harriet Harman 214
Sir Max Hastings 218
Sir Ranulph Fiennes 222
Sir Salman Rushdie 225
Chapter 9: Fate
Malcolm McDowell 232
Ruby Wax 236
James Earl Jones 238
Buzz Aldrin 241
Danny DeVito 245
Ewan McGregor 249
Ozzy Osbourne 253
Sir Paul McCartney 257
Chapter 10: Ageing
Geoffrey Rush 264
Chrissie Hynde 268
Marianne Faithfull 271
Armando Iannucci 274
Ian Rankin 278
Margaret Atwood 282
Sir Roger Moore 286
Chapter 11: Hindsight
Ian McEwan 292
Slash 297
Alastair Campbell 299
Benjamin Zephaniah 304
Benny Andersson 307
Boy George 311
Dylan Moran 315
Meat Loaf 319
Mick Fleetwood 323
Miriam Margolyes 327
Chapter 12: Fulfillment
Sir Roger Bannister 332
Dame Mary Beard 335
Colm Tóibín 338
Dominic West 342
Eddie Izzard 347
Harry Shearer 351
John Lydon 354
Sir Rod Stewart 358
Chapter 13: Love
E. L. James 366
50 Cent 370
John Cleese 374
Neil Gaiman 378
Olivia Colman 383
Simon Callow 386
Wilko Johnson 390
Bonus Material
Billie Piper 396
Dave Grohl 401
Dolly Parton 408
Jarvis Cocker 414
Lin-Manuel Miranda 420
Richard Osman 426
Author Description
Jane Graham (Author)
Jane Graham is the books editor of The Big Issue. She has worked as a producer / documentary maker for BBC Radios 1, 3, 4 and Radio Ulster. As a writer and broadcaster she has contributed to the BBC, The Guardian, Uncut and The LA Review of Books among many others. She has been conducting interviews for The Big Issue's Letter to my Younger Self since its inception in 2007.
The Big Issue (Author)
The Big Issue is an award-winning magazine offering employment opportunities to people in poverty by giving them a share of the profits from sales. Launched in 1991, the magazine has now sold over 200 million copies. The company also has an investment arm, Big Issue Invest, which finances the growth of sustainable social enterprises and charities across the UK, and an independently funded registered charity, The Big Issue Foundation, which addresses the fundamental issues attached to social and financial exclusion. For over 25 years, The Big Issue Group has strived to dismantle poverty through creating opportunity, and in the process has become one of the most recognized and trusted brands in the UK.