I once asked a young woman if she had ever heard of the musician Laura Marling, insinuating I knew Laura Marling, to which she replied: “I am Laura Marling.”
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When I was 11, I went down a water slide and my bottoms didn’t go with me. Everyone saw my bare white butt.
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View all 122 →Also my most triumphant: 2017 at the Royal Court. Julie Hesmondhalgh reads my psychologist’s report over two hours. Every excruciating intimate word of it. Extreme verbatim theatre. One night only.
Being misrepresented by a Sun journalist 12 years ago.
It was a small gig and I was doing Three Minute Hero, which has a long, held note at the end, and I fell off the stage.
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View profile →My younger self for not believing in her.
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She was a fun, silly girl who wrote positive songs that helped others – and she was a good mama.
Being mean online.
My self-criticism.
Whenever I’m with my kids.
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