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What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
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John Simm
English musician and actor
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.
Sandy Powell
British costume designer
Coffee, which is why I’ve given it up.
Fran Lebowitz
American author and public speaker
I’ve been awake almost my entire life. I have had insomnia since I was a child.
Emma Barnett
British broadcaster and journalist
Our son. And ideas for Woman’s Hour, or businesses to start.
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