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To my Latin teacher – I was very naughty.
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Elaine Paige
English singer and actress
If I have upset someone, I have said sorry to him or her at the time.
Paul Merson
English footballer and pundit
Walsall fans. I wanted to be a good manager but I was really bad with drink and gambling at the time. I should have done better.
David Haye
British boxer
A few ex-girlfriends in my teens. I didn’t know how to treat a lady.
My younger self for being hard on myself.
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An actor or a nun.
Swimming down the Thames on a full moon night 10 years ago. It was dangerous, but extremely joyful.
The plastics episode of Blue Planet.
Having someone to love.
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