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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I wouldn’t change anything. Life is what it is, you just have to get on with it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2023 source ↗
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The years between 13 and 17, which I think are very formative, and the rather arid public school upbringing I had at Harrow.
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My education. Benedictine monks didn’t really prepare me for the life I have lived.
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Things, situations, people evolve constantly. Nothing is static.
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