RJ
I ran 10k once. I’ve got a medal.
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I was very proud of doing Falstaff, because it seemed to go well.
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Nothing is the same as the sense of pride and achievement I feel when I see my kids growing up and enjoying the simple pleasures in life.
Clara Amfo
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Retaining my sense of self in an insecure job.
Jason Derulo
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Deciding what and who I wanted to be early on in life.
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A bed from Savoir Beds. People spend loads of money on cars, but spend more of their lives sleeping than driving. The maths is wrong, if you ask me.
Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West).
My mother, Hannah: nearly 82, mother of four, homemaker, retired GP and knitter extraordinaire.
The Guardian’s review of my book.
As an accomplished dancer and tennis player, because I do neither, so my loved ones would be very confused.
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