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Maybe when my wife Sarah and I were walking back to our hotel in Covent Garden, London, through the snow after the Olivier awards when Matilda won all the stuff. Hold on, I’m meant to say the birth of my children, aren’t I?
The day after I got married.
Holding my two babies, Phoebe and Amber, for the first time.
I don’t remember the womb, so … my first taste of ice cream? First night in a girl’s bed: happy.
A painting by Tamara de Lempicka.
I would definitely change the way one or two relationships ended.
Possibly the fact that some of the stuff I’ve written will still be around after I’ve snuffed it.
I worked in a petrol station on the A1 one summer. I enjoyed it except when I was on latrine duty.
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