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The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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View all 407 →My sister, who manages to see the positive in any situation.
Kellie Maloney
Retired boxing manager, promoter and politician
The pope. I was brought up in the Catholic religion, and I think he is trying to make the church more accepting of all. He’s got a very hard job because the church is very stuck in its rightwing conservative ways.
Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.
Mel Giedroyc
British actress and comedian
Probably my husband. In a world of bullshitters, he steers a tremendously honest course.
More from Jane Asher
View profile →Doing an episode of Doctors was a bit of a nadir.
If my children remember me as fondly as I remember my mum, that would be a treat.
I’ve always been frightened of the dark. I sometimes wonder whether it stems from being away filming from the age of five. I can remember being devastatingly homesick and having a little nightlight I used to look at to reassure myself things were all right.
Not to take anything for granted.
Fine dining when it goes wrong.
Minding not being liked.
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