Mathew Horne
English actor
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
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How would you describe yourself in three words?
Identity & self
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Last week – A303 eastbound carriageway closures.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2024 source ↗
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I cry all the time. Films can tip me over. Especially Pixar ones. I alarmed my kids when we went to see Coco – I was a mess. I cried at the Elton John gig at Glastonbury.
I play Classic FM in the car – emotional music brings me to tears thinking about people I’ve loved and lost.
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That further lessons await.
Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim, which was one of the set texts for my English literature A-level. I have almost finished it.
That rather assumes I have grown up.
When George, Shirlie [the Wham! backing singer, whom Ridgeley dated] and I were knocking about as teenagers.
Male, average height.
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