Tom Daley
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Winning the world championships.
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
In the minutes, hours, days and weeks after having my children. I was 42 and 45. There’s nothing like new life.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 September 2018 source ↗
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Whenever it was, I didn't realise it fully.
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In 1926 and in the maternity room.
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A ballet dancer, but it changed to being an actress when I got put in a school play.
Two days ago, at a family wedding, remembering Richard, my cousin. He was 11 months younger than me and we were brought up like brother and sister for the first four years of our lives. He died of a brain tumour when he was 55.
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Not applying myself enough at school.
I spent the earlier part of my life being late for everything, so there was a joke that my tombstone would read The Very Late Patricia Hodge.
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