The question
What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Not knowing who my family are.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 May 2025 source ↗
Not being able to perform adequately.
Learning lines.
Nothing. I love getting old – I love the freedom it allows you.
Not being flexible enough to dance freely.
“And for you, sir?” It happens a lot.
Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.
A ballet dancer.
High-functioning introvert.
When I decided that Mavis Staples was right – I don’t need to despise myself.
Bees humming in a tree of blossom.
Giovanna Fletcher, Lucy Lawless, David Ajala, Jason Donovan, Pauline Black, Ally McCoist
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