FM
I’ve liked all my jobs, amazingly.
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Charles Dance
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Treating a flock of sheep for foot rot when I was a farm labourer.
Judith Kerr
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Secretary to a lawyer. I was sacked after a week.
Simone Biles
United States artistic gymnast
Picking up dog poop at home: my sister and I used to take turns.
I left the army and got a job with Unilever in Northern Ireland. They were very strict and you had to have a hat, and when you went into a shop you had to raise your hat to the shopkeeper and then sell your wares. I was selling margarine.
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I don’t own a property. The carpet in our flat; it’s not fancy or anything.
My relationship.
As the woman who never died.
A never-ending hug.
My all-girls’ high school. I hated it. Large groups of teenage girls aren’t known for their empathy and kindness. It was a shock to realise that people viewed me as uncool because of the way my body worked.
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