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The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 April 2025 source ↗
Eight years ago, I didn’t sleep for more than two hours a night and was very skinny. I went to a sleep clinic, and learned techniques to switch my mind off.
I’ve been awake almost my entire life. I have had insomnia since I was a child.
Thinking about the next day.
Thinking about work because I’m responsible for people’s jobs.
I was called the N-word in Romford, by someone stepping off a train as I was getting on.
Giving barium enemas. I used to be a radiographer in Coventry.
Not being able to perform adequately.
I’m argumentative.
Nineteen Eighty-Four. I always meant to read it before 1984, and once 1984 had passed I didn’t see the point.
Fizzy like lemonade.
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