Ronald Harwood
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The death of my wife: I’d happily have gone first.
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Some of those late nights.
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Bill Bailey
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A bilious green suit springs to mind.
Eve Ensler
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I would have honoured my body, I would have lived inside it, cherished it and protected it.
Harry Redknapp
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I was probably too cheeky to chairmen over the years.
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View profile →When my children were small and used to play together, be creative, and were just in that innocent bubble.
Not scrolling on my phone as much as I do.
That things change.
An ambulance driver.
A gazillion years ago I was in Gucci with Melanie Blatt, and I attempted to sit down on a chair that wasn’t there. I did a full-on stuntwoman backward roll, landed in a ball of the floor and laughed so hard I wet myself. Everybody in the shop moved to a different section.
As a great mother, wife and songwriter.
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