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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2018 source ↗
With my late wife, Siân Busby, and our boys, Max and Simon, on assorted Welsh and English beaches, in sunshine and rain – especially when there was a Punch and Judy show on the prom.
In the mountains, climbing into beautiful places—anything that has to do with nature. I feel best in nature or near nature. And I was most happy, of course, when I was with my husband and we were in beautiful landscapes.
When I hired two private detectives and got them to follow each other.
On my wedding day.
My dyslexia. Or my inability to learn another language.
I can be pedantic at times.
Being able to share a confidence.
The entire family being healthy, being on the set of Barry, and a rainbow trout on my line.
The inability to listen.
Being confined in a straitjacket.
EL James, Sheryl Crow, Samuel L Jackson, Julie Andrews, Sofie Gråbøl, Brian Cox
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