Jo Nesbø
Norwegian writer and musician
Tottenham this season.
What has been your biggest disappointment?
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What most recently made you cry?
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I wish I'd never smoked.
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John Bishop
English comedian and actor
When I didn't get selected for the county football team when I was 15.
Jesse Jackson
American minister, activist and politician
Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote.
Marian Keyes
Irish writer
Not having had children.
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Just In Time, by Nina Simone.
When I am working on something I really like, or when I am alone with my son playing in the garden.
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