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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2023 source ↗
A cabaret act with Agnetha, Frida and Benny. It was in a nightclub in Gothenburg and one night we had seven in the audience. It was before we found out that we were a pop group.
When I was 17, I worked in a warehouse in Rotherham doing an audit of truck parts. I counted nuts and bolts all day long.
I was 15 working in Boots on Barnet High Street and it was terrifying. At coffee break you had to know whose cup was whose, and taking the wrong cup was a crime. I’ve met bitches, but I tell you they started out in Boots in Barnet.
Life modelling for a woman who made me recite Shakespeare as I posed. I had a hangover, and it was all a bit much.
I can be properly stubborn sometimes – but that’s me being a classic Leo.
My phone and social media.
When people are disingenuous.
Euphoria, passion and feeling like nothing else in the world matters.
My Birkin bags, which I plan to pass on to my future children.
Probably missing out on roles I really, really wanted, but I’m a big believer that if it’s for you, you’ll have it. So those clearly weren’t for me.
Laura Kenny, Jack Davenport, Kate Humble, Romola Garai, Jon Sopel, Esther Rantzen
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