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The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗
That I’m still having the same discussions about women in comedy as I was having 12 years ago. Are we funny? Will anyone watch us? Can I have my own sitcom?
England losing the World Cup.
Losing my mum when I was 28.
Not going to the World Cup in 1986 and not going to the World Cup in 1998.
I worked in a Helms Bakery assembly line that separated egg whites from the yolks and from time to time a box of rotten eggs would come through. Need I say more?
Oprah Winfrey, as Maya Angelou and Tina Turner are no longer with us. These women are Afro-American queens who, despite growing up in the racist south experiencing physical, emotional and sexual abuse, rose to the top of their professions and are an inspiration to women everywhere.
Arrogance combined with egotism and selfishness.
Escaping an abusive teen marriage and being blessed with the opportunity to create a new life for myself and my two young children in London at the height of the swinging 60s.
At this time in my life, I quite like myself but, for a large portion of my life, I deplored being shy.
To live your best life every day, because tomorrow isn’t promised.
Philippa Dunne, David Shrigley, Adam Clayton, George H. W. Bush, Penny Lancaster, Sheena Easton
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