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Anybody who’s written to me and not heard back yet.
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Mo Farah
British track and field athlete
Probably my wife, because sometimes I do crazy things.
Judith Kerr
British writer and illustrator
My parents. We didn’t realise how absolutely desperate they were when we left Germany, because my father couldn’t earn anything. A letter turned up fairly recently in which he said, “We’ve been through a terrible time because Julia [my mother] never stopped talking about suicide and not just for herself, but to take the children with her.”
Ashley Jensen
Scottish actress and narrator
To anyone who gets into my car, because it’s such a mess.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
British journalist
Every offended interviewee who thought I was asking hard questions for some personal reason. It’s never personal.
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