Dan Stevens
English actor
Probably on a Los Angeles freeway.
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When I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity. It was horrendous.
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Laurence Fox
English actor and activist
A motorbike crash. I broke my shoulder and ribs and was so scared I didn’t ride for two years.
Shappi Khorsandi
Iranian-born British comedian
I’m convinced heartache almost killed me a few years ago.
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View profile →A very expensive watch. I can’t tell you what it is – I’ll get robbed.
Karl Lagerfeld.
Thinking about the next day.
Working in a betting office on Grand National day. I was 17 and my hair was scrunched like Mick Hucknall’s.
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
With my family in Wales.
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