I cleaned the toilets at the local pub every Saturday morning.

Clearing up someone’s sick – it was on police duty.

When I was about 18, I worked on the chicken counter in a large supermarket, and every morning I had to pierce 64 birds on to industrial skewers to load up the rotisserie. That was very grim.

Acting, when you don’t want to do it or you disagree with everything, is almost like having sex with someone you don’t like. I had one experience like that on stage, in a terrible version of The Cherry Orchard. I put on a wig, dark-coloured contacts and just hoped no one would recognise me.

Victoria Rose, a British surgeon operating on children in Gaza.

Everybody I’ve lost to suicide. When someone dies in that tragic way, you always feel you could have done more.

Apart from stuff on social media, an ex-partner telling me I’m unlovable.

Cancel culture: getting stuck on the discourse rather than looking at the system.

Before transitioning, I had a severe eating disorder. The doctor said, “Your body’s shutting down and if you don’t improve your mental and physical wellbeing, you’ll die.” Shortly after that, I started transitioning medically and my eating disorder resolved.

Gender-affirming surgery. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not widely available on the NHS and a lot of it you have to pay for yourself.