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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2026 source ↗
Snorkelling for an hour with a comically disciplined and curiously attentive squadron of six, fat Caribbean reef squid off Mexico.
In the first lockdown. Obviously, there was terrible grief and sadness and fear around, but there was also this reclaiming for nature. I was constantly at my allotment with the big kids and my husband.
The summer just after finishing How Proust Can Change Your Life.
My best mate had a healthy baby girl about 45 minutes ago and named her after me. My heart is bursting.
Tottenham this season.
Rock climbing in Oslo. During abseiling, I hadn’t tied a knot at the end of the rope and almost slid out. I saw the end of the rope at the last second, so I stopped abseiling.
I wanted to play for Tottenham.
I worked on a trawler and I was seasick the whole time.
Exultation, fear, quiet comfort and even hate.
The world doesn’t consist of bad and good people; it consists of people seeing things in a different way.
Alain de Botton, Harry Enfield, Jacqueline Wilson, Lance Black, Abi Morgan, Fran Lebowitz
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