British actress, television personality, and dancer
Bringing up my three sons.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗
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British actress, television personality, and dancer
Bringing up my three sons.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗
I am a pretty good dog mum.
Being mum to my awesome children, Woody and Nelly. They make my day, every day. I do joke with them that I’m happy to pay for the therapy they’ll inevitably need in later years due to my terrible parenting.
Everest the hard way in 1975: leading the expedition that succeeded where so many people had tried and failed. That was the most complex mountaineering challenge I ever faced. I spent hours at night in a little tent thinking about what the next problem would be and how to solve it.
Strictly. I went into it thinking I would last two weeks!
A little balcony.
When I am painting.
My best friend, the choreographer Dougie Squires. Somebody once said his heart is like a hotel with hundreds of doors for everybody.
Never learning another language.
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