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The failed attempt at a home perm on myself in the 80s. I wanted to look like Kelly McGillis in Top Gun.
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Shane MacGowan
Irish singer-songwriter
Helping to slaughter farmyard animals as a kid; watching while my aunties cut them up to get their guts out and seeing eggs floating around in the hens. That made me become a vegetarian.
Martin Sheen
American actor
That would have to be a film called Pickup On 101. It was a very interesting story, about a wandering musician and an old guy on his way back to his home town to spend his last days, but they made it into a pile of dishonest trash.
Sheryl Crow
American singer-songwriter
I’ve been lucky. When I was a kid, I babysat and was a lifeguard, which I didn’t hate; and then I was a teacher, which I liked.
Alison Moyet
English singer
A 12-hour nightshift at a toy factory in Southend.
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Being mum to my awesome children, Woody and Nelly. They make my day, every day. I do joke with them that I’m happy to pay for the therapy they’ll inevitably need in later years due to my terrible parenting.
All the NHS workers, care home staff and teachers who are the real superheroes of 2020.
I only ever wanted to be Barbra Streisand. I probably still do.
As Naughty Grandma – you know, the one who is always causing mischief at Christmas.
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