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Yesterday, because grief creeps up on you.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
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The Strictly Come Dancing final almost destroyed me. I was howling all the way through – John and Johannes and then Rose and Giovanni. Oh my God.
David Arquette
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This morning: I lost a couple of friends recently and it’s been tough.
James Dyson
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Very recently, when a graduate at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology gave the most brilliant speech on behalf of the students at our first graduation.
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Last Christmas I was clipped by a train. Mum was dying so my head was elsewhere. I was walking home and had to cross one of those crossings that say, “Stop, look and listen.” I didn’t do any of those things, and I had my headphones in so I couldn’t even hear the train. It clipped my left elbow.
I wanted to be a prosthetic makeup artist after watching A Nightmare On Elm Street.
Insomnia. I go to bed at 9.30pm and listen to Radio 4.
A Christian Dior coat.
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