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A utility room.
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What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life?Originally asked
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A potion that would make me fit, thin, healthy and useful.
A dog. (I don't have one because we're back and forth over the Atlantic and it would be cruel to leave it.)
Two ears. I am deaf in my right ear and I’ve just developed musical tinnitus – it’s not an interesting tune and you don’t choose it. I had three weeks of Hare Krishna night and day. Then it changed to Rod Stewart’s Sailing.
An extra day in the week when no one can contact you.
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A designer green jacket from Selfridges I bought in my 20s for £700, a ridiculous amount of money. My family and friends said I looked like a peace activist and I never wore it again.
The light in my neighbours’ kitchen because they still haven’t put a blind up.
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