Martin Kemp
English musician and actor
I wanted to play for Arsenal. When I have a kick-around with my boy, I still feel as if someone’s going to spot me.
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A drunk woman who threw epic dinner parties.
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Emma Barnett
British broadcaster and journalist
A fishmonger, then a surgeon.
Nick Grimshaw
English television and radio presenter
Genuinely, the host of Radio 1’s Breakfast Show.
Ann Patchett
American author
A writer. Always.
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My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.
Perimenopausal anxiety, the terrible feeling of impending doom, something awful happening to my children, writing deadlines. Apart from that, I’m quite chilled.
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