Ulysses – I’ve tried many times and never got through it.
Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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None. I love reading, and I read a good book and a bad book at the same time.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗
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Fifty per cent of the books on my shelf, so much so that I gave them away.
None. I’m not ashamed. I’m dyslexic so I don’t read a lot of books.
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Two ears. I am deaf in my right ear and I’ve just developed musical tinnitus – it’s not an interesting tune and you don’t choose it. I had three weeks of Hare Krishna night and day. Then it changed to Rod Stewart’s Sailing.
Haven’t done it yet.
I think that’s a thesis.
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