The question
What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2025 source ↗
Every time I play tennis I come back with a fresh injury.
So far, getting older has made almost everything better.
Not being able to perform adequately.
Nothing. I’m curious how things will evolve.
When I was 16, my dad got drunk at the Oval cricket ground and harangued Sir Garry Sobers, possibly the greatest cricketer of all time, because he didn’t agree with who he’d given as man of the match.
I’m so tempted to answer serial killer.
At 16, I thought I’d be part of transforming the world into a socialist egalitarian arena of peace and justice. I’m not sure we’ve quite managed it.
When I had cancer. I was having a shave and thought: “Are you meant to have a big hard lump on one side of your neck?”
Should talk less.
Through a series of mistakes in write-ups, I’d like to be remembered for something like being Britain’s finest downhill skier or inventing pickled onions.
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