Corinne Bailey Rae: What thought won't let you sleep? — FLAPSS

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What thought won't let you sleep?

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Corinne Bailey Rae

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All the big ones – climate change, safety for our children, money.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

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Louis Walsh Irish music manager and television personality

The X Factor (wondering about song choices) and watching TV. I’m a night person, and don’t go to sleep until 3am or 4am.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

Zoe Ball British TV and radio personality

My son playing drum’n’bass.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗

Kim Wilde English pop singer

I sleep very soundly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗

Bruce Dickinson English heavy metal singer

Runway 27R at Heathrow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2024 source ↗

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Question What most recently moved you to tears? Identity & self

Listening to a song that my brother-in-law – the brother of Jason, my first husband – wrote, about how hard it was to live without his brother.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

My mum looks after our kids all the time, but on the very few weeks she takes time off, doing it all is a big juggle. My mum is a combination of Mary Poppins and Angela Davis, so I’d clone her.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

Question Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list? Taste & recommendation

I’m not really ashamed, but I haven’t read Lord of the Rings.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

I worked in a cafe, which I loved, but when it was quiet we had to scrape the fat out from between the tiles on the floor with a butter knife.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

I remember being a teenager and writing this romantic short story in the style of the Brontës on a computer and I didn’t realise that the person whose computer it was could just print it out. A group of boys had a couple of pages and they were all reading it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

When my first husband died, because it felt like my life was over, and it was challenging to keep in life at the time.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗

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