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Still being married to Annabel.
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?Originally asked
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Chaka Khan
American singer
Staying alive, being here at this age. So many songs. It’s crazy.
Shappi Khorsandi
Iranian-born British comedian
Getting an A for my English A-level. I’m dyslexic; it was never detected and I was written off as scatty and lazy. This proved everyone wrong, including me.
Jenny Agutter
English actress
Work-wise, joining the National Theatre when I was 21.
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When my bowels move freely and without complications.
The concept of New Labour.
I'd edit out all the wrong people I surrounded myself with socially and professionally whom I thought I had to tolerate.
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