Mathew Horne
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Yesterday, because grief creeps up on you.
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Our beautiful cat was so ill that we were hours away from having her put down. Somehow, we’ve managed to nurse her back to full health again.
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Sadie Frost
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In the last year, when I realised that I didn’t want to be in the relationship that I was in.
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Watching Gone With The Wind for the 100th time.
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Two and a half weeks ago, when a loved one was going away. Separations never get any easier.
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My cello. At the time, in 1983, it was £192,500.
When the surgeon told me I wouldn’t be able to play the cello again, in 2013. I have a herniated disc and it’s pressing on a nerve in my neck. I announced I was stopping playing in 2014. I absolutely did not want to stop.
Seeing Leyton Orient in the premiership.
I’m president of my neighbourhood association. At my first meeting there was a discussion about developments the association should oppose. I said: “Nothing could be as bad as that horrible new house next to the church.” “I designed that,” the chairman replied. I shut up.
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