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What thought won't let you sleep?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.

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Jake Shears Singer and songwriter; co-lead vocalist of Scissor Sisters
Getting older and dying.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗
Edwina Currie Former British politician, broadcaster and writer
Anxiety. Usually the best response is to think hard about things, work up some solutions and then go to sleep.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗
All of the anxious thoughts that you are able to escape during the day that somehow know when you are lying down to relax.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗

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