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Rolf Harris – he let us all down.
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Not becoming a ballerina.
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Carrie and Aidan not ending up together.
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The closure of Talk magazine.
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I never dwell on them.
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In my first bedsit when I went to art college in Leeds. It was a hideous basement, but I loved the freedom.
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Still being here, aged 60. If I thought I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
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