Ciarán Hinds: Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list? — FLAPSS

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

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Ulysses by James Joyce, but I might make a start next week – or the week after that …

The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 July 2025 source ↗

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Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

I’m going to confess I haven’t finished The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Neil Gaiman Author of fiction, comics and screenplays

I’ve never read Proust.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 October 2023 source ↗

Andrew Ridgeley

Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim, which was one of the set texts for my English literature A-level. I have almost finished it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2024 source ↗

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As not being a total bollix.

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An inability to get myself to bed at a reasonable hour.

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We’re not here for long so don’t be wreaking havoc along the way.

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Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

Falling off the stage and on to the pianist during the opening number in the Mother Goose pantomime at the Citizens theatre in Glasgow.

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Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Hopeful, egalitarian, overweight.

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Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Overwhelming, discombobulating, irrational and unreasonable.

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