The fact that there are not enough hours in the day and I’ve taken on too much.
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Creating. When everyone goes to bed and then you have six or seven hours to create peacefully. I’ve become nocturnal. Even on a night when I am not in the studio, I still won’t go to sleep till six in the morning.
All the big ones – climate change, safety for our children, money.
Nadiya Hussain
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Trying to think of a recipe I’ve forgotten. I keep a notebook by my bed now.
Louis Smith
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Thinking about life.
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As somebody who was hardworking, kind and nice.
Catastrophising.
People who are not self-aware.
Not working. I want to be one of those old actors on the set of Casualty at 95, who quietly passes away in the actual scene rather than at home.
During the first week or two of lockdown. We didn’t know what was coming and it didn’t feel dangerous at that point; there was just a real sense of family and hunkering down.
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