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The best of times, the worst of times.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗
The question
How would you describe what love feels like to you?Originally asked
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Viv Albertine
Australian-born British musician and writer
It’s like digging a field together: it’s hard work, not very glamorous, but you can stand back and think, “We did that.”
Serena Williams
United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
Like you can do anything.
Jimmy Akingbola
British-Nigerian TV, theatre and film actor
I am not sure I’ve really been in love.
Daryl McCormack
Irish actor
A sense of home.
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My first summer working, in 1984. I’d come out of drama school, I’d landed a job that got me an Equity card doing Godspell in Aberystwyth – and it was just unmitigated joy.
Handing out leaflets for a European coach trip wearing just lederhosen, in February and March in Surrey. It was freezing, and I got fired.
I am pretty proud of having got Aspects of Love back into the West End.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his trajectory from performer to leading his country and then stepping up in such a magnificent way is extraordinary.
Watching Long Lost Family on telly.
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