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The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 October 2025 source ↗
A couple of years ago we moved to East Sussex – I had been living in London for 35 years – and couldn’t work out why I kept waking up and thinking, what’s that sound? It was actually silence.
Nothing, really. But without little sleeping pills, I’d go crazy.
Until I got curtains recently, it was the orange street light.
Did I behave in the right way?
I would do more weightlifting than aerobics. Strong is better than skinny.
Safety of loved ones.
Feeling and being unfocused.
I teared up when I did a voiceover for my memoir while talking about my mother-in-law, whom I adored and miss so much.
A Human Touch massage chair in every house.
Nice, direct, loyal.
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