JW
Just thinking about unsafe sex.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗
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Jeremy Deller
English artist
Three squaddies on a train in 1995.
Martin Clunes
English actor
Abseiling down a cliff for Doc Martin in a suit, carrying a medical bag.
Rick Astley
Singer, songwriter and radio presenter
In the 1990s in New Jersey, being driven to a radio station early one morning. Our driver fell asleep and we were on the other side of a dual carriageway with cars coming at us. We all screamed and banged on the seat, and he woke up and pulled the car back across.
Ray Mears
British woodsman and TV presenter
In a helicopter crash in Wyoming in 2005. My cameraman broke his back and both legs; the pilot broke his back. The helicopter didn’t catch fire, so I’m still here today.
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An unreadable wig.
As a funny guy who surprised you once in a while.
Chasing after fire engines as a child with my dad and watching neighbours' houses burn to the ground.
It's bad taste to brag about money.
Don't Play Me Cheap, sung by Tina Turner when she was still with Ike.
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