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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2016 source ↗
I worked in a call centre. I would go clubbing on a Saturday with my brother and my mates, get home for five or six in the morning, and then have to be at work at 8am.
It’s a toss-up between organising a new filing system at Hammersmith & Fulham social services and relying on tips in the least popular restaurant in London to get through drama school.
When I was a kid I had a Saturday job in the stockroom of a supermarket. I remember everything in there being a little bit grubby and slightly sticky. We’d do things like play rugby with a swiss roll. I think of it every time I go shopping.
I spent an advent in my late teens throttling turkeys.
A new song just finished.
As someone who brought people together through music.
I was caught by a wave while swimming at night with friends in Southampton. That shook me.
People seeing their own greatness, rather than buying into their fears.
My manager and friend Colin Lester, who has protected me through the good times and the bad.
Watching the 2015 movie Aloha.
Gloria Estefan, Rita Wilson, Melanie Blatt, Gavin Rossdale, Adrian Edmondson, Sheryl Crow
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