During the first week or two of lockdown. We didn’t know what was coming and it didn’t feel dangerous at that point; there was just a real sense of family and hunkering down.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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View all 577 →In the mountains, climbing into beautiful places—anything that has to do with nature. I feel best in nature or near nature. And I was most happy, of course, when I was with my husband and we were in beautiful landscapes.
Louis Walsh
Irish music manager and television personality
I’m always happy. Ask Simon Cowell: he says if I had a tail, I’d wag it.
Kevin Pietersen
English cricketer
With no shoes on in the African bush with my family.
Charles Dance
British actor
Realising what I wanted to do as a career – aged about 22.
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View profile →Not working. I want to be one of those old actors on the set of Casualty at 95, who quietly passes away in the actual scene rather than at home.
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Lee Warburton. He had just left drama school and was doing the Alexander technique in the Corrie green room. I hadn’t been to drama school, and really took the piss out of him.
The fact that there are not enough hours in the day and I’ve taken on too much.
As somebody who was hardworking, kind and nice.
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