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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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, 16 July 2022 source ↗
I’ve never been entirely happy, although for about 45 seconds after David Platt scored the winning goal against Belgium in the World Cup in 1990, I kind of blacked out with joy.
When I am working. I hate to say it.
Sydney mardi gras, 1993.
When my daughter Ella was born.
The outcome of the Leveson inquiry.
It was a double-edged sword, but being a major-label artist, I felt like a commodity, a thing to be sold.
Procrastination.
When I was 18, I bought a boat for a million pounds and sold it a year later for just over half the price.
A barrister, a vet or a singer.
Weakness – not to be confused with sensitivity, which is a superpower.
Willem Dafoe, Sue Perkins, Cuba Gooding Jr, Tim Robbins, Simon Russell Beale, Richard Wilson
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