Eleanor Tomlinson
English actress
“You were amazing in Game of Thrones.” I say it’s the worst thing – it’s also the best!
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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How close have you come to death?
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What happens when we die?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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“You pinko!” by a Tory minister signing off at the end of an interview with me during the EU referendum campaign.
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Maggie O'Farrell
Irish-British novelist
“You’ll never walk again.” This was when I was eight or nine and recovering from viral encephalitis.
When I was a child, a member of staff at Wood End Assessment Centre [a former children’s home in Wigan] bellowed: “He copies them poems off of Bob Marley records.”
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When interviewing Idi Amin of Uganda in 1975, he shouted: “We have ways of dealing with people like you.”
I will let you know when I find out.
An all-embracing welfare state.
The cheapest available Volvo.
I am too ashamed to answer.
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