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In August, when my middle sister called to tell me her breast cancer had spread to her spine, pelvis and bones. It turned out not to be true.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗
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At my mother’s funeral last year.
Robert Bathurst
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Funerals and, annoyingly, athletics medal ceremonies.
Paul Giamatti
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Really? We have to keep bringing up the Nobel debacle?
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Reasons To Be Cheerful, by Ian Dury.
My husband is the kindest, funniest, most strange and wondrous person I know.
Not being born a boy.
Swimming in the North Sea at midnight, surrounded by phosphorescence.
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