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When I came round after being seriously ill. I’d had a dose of morphine, the sun was shining and I thought, “Ah yes, I live!”
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 June 2018 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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When I lived with my grandmother in Trinidad, before I came to England to live with my mother in Newcastle at the age of seven.
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