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The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗
I had a cafeteria job, serving food, and some people were really nasty. There was a stack of nice, cool plates, and a stack of hotter plates that had just come out of the kitchen. So, if a person was an arsehole, I’d hand them a hot plate with a smile and watch them deal with it.
Cockroach stamper at a dried-flower factory.
At university, I worked at a hotel in housekeeping. We saw so many weird things in people’s rooms. Guests would leave sex and party stuff behind!
I have worked in McDonald’s.
All the times I was mean to someone.
Being able to cram the quality of eight hours’ sleep into four.
Loyal, relentless, goofy.
I was 17 and about to go on a first date with my first boyfriend. I was so desperate for my mum not to meet him that I was trying to get to the door before she did. I ran down the stairs as she opened it, and slid down the last five steps on my arse.
The FA Cup final, watching Crystal Palace win.
By my friends and loved ones as someone who loved ferociously and always had their back.
Paula Wilcox, Gavin Rossdale, Brendan Gleeson, Jared Harris, Mo Gilligan, Lupita Nyong'o
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