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Last night, having dinner with my husband, John, my son, Jonathan, and his girlfriend, Maude.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Adeel Akhtar
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At boarding school, I was unable to get the main part in Hamlet, so I put on a production of The Homecoming with my friends. The teachers came to see it and said they didn’t know I had it in me. It felt very good.
Paapa Essiedu
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I was a happy kid. I had quite a small life: I grew up in Walthamstow and didn’t really leave east London. I didn’t go to the South Bank for the first time until I was 18 years old.
Jessica Brown Findlay
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My wedding day last year. It was supposed to be 4 April and, in the end, it was 12 September.
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Around the holidays, because I get to spend them with family and friends.
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A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.
Work-wise, joining the National Theatre when I was 21.
Things that I didn’t do during the day.
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