My college years when I was 17 to 19, before the responsibilities of adulthood, just doing the things that I was good at and liked – computers, maths, further maths (I was a geek).
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When I am working on something I really like, or when I am alone with my son playing in the garden.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2013 source ↗
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