Sandi Toksvig
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My five-litre Ford Mustang.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A Burberry mac: I am not a handbag or shoe person, but I do like a nice coat.
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A 1962 Fender Stratocaster guitar I bought in 2014 for £10,000.
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I took the whole family to live in the Basque Country for a year. My children and I have a hereditary blood condition so I took out a health insurance policy. I’m still furious that none of us so much as stubbed a toe.
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An ex-boyfriend who, looking back, I lost patience with. Now we know more about mental health, I think that was at the root of it; I am sorry I didn’t understand it at the time.
Managing to stay on The One Show for over a decade. In an industry that is so fickle, I am astounded I am still there.
Working in a call centre in Cardiff for British Gas. I was 21 and, I am ashamed to say, one Monday morning I ran away. I said I was going to the loo and never went back.
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