When I finished writing a book.
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
In my first bedsit when I went to art college in Leeds. It was a hideous basement, but I loved the freedom.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2017 source ↗
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