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Tomi Adeyemi on fate, philosophy and the futility of greed
The bestselling author answers our existential questions
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- Colin Crummy
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Joséphine de La Baume on training herself to forget her greatest loves
“Great love comes with great pain.”
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- Ellie Norris
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Luke Evans reveals the hardest lesson he’s had to learn about himself
“Sometimes you have to accept your mistakes. Especially if you’ve hurt someone.”
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- Hannah Keegan
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Exclusive: Jameela Jamil on the joys of not caring what people think
“That’s the most glorious thing about turning 30, bleeding out all the fucks I had to give.”
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- Jameela Jamil
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk expertly explains why self-love is so vital
“If you can’t love yourself, then how the hell are you going to love anybody else?”
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Rochelle Humes brilliantly explains why she’d rather be respected than liked
This Morning’s Rochelle Humes has given us some serious food for thought…
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- Chloe Gray
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Gemma Chan gets real about how the media can warp our ideas about beauty
“Beauty is subjective but we’re influenced by the images we’re exposed to,” says the Crazy Rich Asians actress.
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- Helen Bownass
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Angela Scanlon morbidly admits to fantasising about her own funeral
Angela Scanlon wants “a full Irish Catholic affair with open casket, three-day wake, crying, roses and muck, singing, whiskey, the works.”
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- Helen Bownass
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Alice Levine on the pain of being a chronically late person
“I lie five to 10 times a day, usually related to my estimated time of arrival.”
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- Stylist Team
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Sara Cox talks ouija boards, tortoises and OPKs (Other People’s Kids)
From her thoughts on the meaning of life to her greatest fear, what will the radio DJ make of our existential questions?
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- Colin Crummy
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Activist Gina Miller on Brexit, death threats and making your own luck
“I’m tough enough to withstand whatever was going to be thrown at me.”
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- Colin Crummy
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- Stylist Team
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Comedian Simon Amstell on the book that changed everything
It's a classic for creativity
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Trixie Mattel on love, lies and the one thing she NEEDS to know before she dies
What will the RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars winner make of our 22 existential questions?
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- Colin Crummy
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Dolly Alderton gets real about love, monogamy and the books that changed her life
“I don’t want to lie on my deathbed with FOMO,” says the Everything I Know About Love writer.
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- Stylist Team
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Katharine Hamnett talks Brexit, secret cigarettes and recycled swimsuits
Determined to change the world for the better, what will the fashion designer make of our existential questions?
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- Colin Crummy
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Livia Firth wants to be remembered for being unapologetically outspoken
The environmental fashion campaigner hopes that “she never shut up” is written on her tombstone
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- Colin Crummy
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Sex Education star Emma Mackey gets real about learning to say no
From her thoughts on the meaning of life to her greatest fear, what will actress Emma Mackey make of our existential questions?
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- Colin Crummy
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Author Sarah Knight reveals why she doesn’t believe in fate
From her thoughts on the meaning of life to her greatest fear, what will author Sarah Knight make of our existential questions?
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- Emma Ledger
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- Helen Bownass
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Comedian Mae Martin on her greatest fear and loving Bette Midler
From her thoughts on the meaning of life to her greatest fear, what will the comedian make of our existential questions?
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Jo Malone nails why it’s more important to be respected than liked
From her thoughts on the meaning of life to her greatest fear, what will the perfumer make of our existential questions?
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- Colin Crummy
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