Honest, empathetic, daring.
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Passionate, mum, green.
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Following the Zen proverb: you should sit and meditate for 20 minutes; if you’re too busy, then you should sit and meditate for an hour.
A holiday job as a chambermaid at the Scratchwood Travelodge on the M1. The state some people leave their rooms in was a revelation.
Picnicking on the Downs with my family and dog – birds singing, sea sparkling, and mobile switched very firmly off.
Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister – for embodying a different, more compassionate politics.
Not to have been joined by more Green MPs … yet.
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