Harriet Walter
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Everything. I’ve one of those brains that doesn’t quieten down.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
If I am still in the argument I’ve had in the day.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2020 source ↗
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A new song just finished.
Stress, love, people not understanding me, me not understanding people.
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