Nothing – I’ve got some great tablets!
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All the things I ought to have done.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 April 2022 source ↗
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A bad performance.
Martin Freeman
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Thinking about all the worst possible things: losing people, dying, how am I going to die? All that sort of stuff. I stay awake thinking about furniture and shoes as well. It’s not all death.
Bryn Terfel
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Absolutely nothing.
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An electric car.
In rehearsals. The play is very funny about mothers and daughters, but one of the gags hit a raw nerve.
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