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Luke. It’s hard growing up with a heroin addict, and I treated him in his vulnerability in a way I would never have treated anyone I worked with.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 April 2018 source ↗
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I’ve said sorry to the people I have to say sorry to.
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To my younger self for not being patient with myself, and for giving up on myself at times.
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To my 17-year-old daughter Isabella, whom I described in an interview last year as "keen on maths".
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To a man whose heart I broke at 17.
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