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A designer green jacket from Selfridges I bought in my 20s for £700, a ridiculous amount of money. My family and friends said I looked like a peace activist and I never wore it again.
I don’t really flash money about.
A guitar – a 1959 Gibson 335.
A Matisse and my Leica camera.
One great big artistic challenge.
I don’t know about perfect, but a creamy scoop of green-tea ice cream comes fairly close.
After the war, when I was about nine, we were held up in our home. The robbers grabbed my father and had a gun at his throat. It was terrifying. My mother got a wad of money and gave it to the people, and they ran away.
When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.
There’s no point living at my age with many ingrained great fears. Though I do have that dream that I walk out onto the stage nude. Does that count?
Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen from A Star Is Born or You’ll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.
Giovanna Fletcher, Anna Paquin, Fiona Allen, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Warren Buffett, Esther Rantzen
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