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The best of times, the worst of times.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗
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Cat Deeley
English television presenter
Heart explosion.
Shappi Khorsandi
Iranian-born British comedian
Utterly relentless warmth and peace.
Jonnie Peacock
British athlete
Wanting to share everything.
Warmth and confidence.
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Having got Aspects of Love back into the West End.
My dogs. They didn’t cost that much to buy, but I’ve been paying for them since. We’ve two Tibetan terriers, Danny and Wilbur.
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.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his trajectory from performer to leading his country and then stepping up in such a magnificent way is extraordinary.
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