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I did work in retail while I was getting into presenting and the hours were long and you were always on your feet. It was good vibes, though.
Gary and I worked in a greengrocer’s on Saturdays and in the holidays. One of my jobs was cooking beetroot – it used to make me gag.
I’ve never had a terrible job. I’ve been a cook, waitress, bookseller, teacher, freelance writer. I know what the bad jobs are and I haven’t done them.
There have been things within the Kaiser Chiefs I’ve hated – some corporate gigs that I didn’t feel good doing.
My first summer working, in 1984. I’d come out of drama school, I’d landed a job that got me an Equity card doing Godspell in Aberystwyth – and it was just unmitigated joy.
Having got Aspects of Love back into the West End.
I am pretty proud of having got Aspects of Love back into the West End.
During the technical rehearsal of Aspects of Love in 1989. They told me it would be discreetly lit because I was paranoid about being in just my pants. I walked on and every spotlight in the building followed me round the stage.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his trajectory from performer to leading his country and then stepping up in such a magnificent way is extraordinary.
Watching Long Lost Family on telly.
Sue Perkins, Alan Cumming, Charlotte Church, Martin Kemp, Omid Djalili, Roger Allam
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