Robert Bathurst
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When I turned 30, married and had a place in Brixton. My flailing twenties were over, though the flailing continues.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The day our rescue dog came for a visit. I burst into tears. And my (most recent) wedding, of course.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2018 source ↗
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