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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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On a caravan site on a farm in the Brecon Beacons when I was a kid. I have three sisters and every year we met family friends with kids the same age. We would go to the river and make rope swings and build dens. It was very Enid Blyton.
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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.
Before I realised my parents, sister and I were all mortal.
Married, in my Georgian house, four cats. It lasted a day.
Leaving the hospital.
Airline tickets. I spend a lot on flying because I’ve three kids in the UK.What would your superpower be?To drink as much beer as I can without putting on weight.
Every job I don’t get.
Another One Bites The Dust.
Barack Obama. On a daily basis he faced racism, and I admire him for trying to push through that to better his nation.
A couple of days ago, saying goodbye to my children.
When I was 17, I worked in a warehouse in Rotherham doing an audit of truck parts. I counted nuts and bolts all day long.
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