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Phoning my dad to tell him we’d won the Edinburgh Perrier award with The League Of Gentlemen in 1997.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Viv Albertine
Australian-born British musician and writer
The moment my daughter was born in 1999, because it took me seven years to conceive.
Fay Ripley
English actress, television presenter, cookbook author
When my kids had little teeth and curly hair, and hadn’t discovered the idea of wanting to leave home.
Shirley Hughes
English illustrator and author
Wandering around with my sketchbook in some lovely Italian town.
Emily Watson
English actress
About half an hour ago, watching through the window as my dad and two-year-old daughter walked to the paper shop together.
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