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What keeps you awake at night?

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Nadiya Hussain British television chef, baker and author
Trying to think of a recipe I’ve forgotten. I keep a notebook by my bed now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 September 2016 source ↗
Katharine Hamnett English fashion designer
Threat of nuclear war, Iran/US situation, Syria, everything. I take sleeping pills.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2019 source ↗
Mellody Hobson Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
I wrote about this in our first quarter client letter, actually, the concept of polycrisis, and I talked about the fact that my belief is that we've all become firefighters.
Recorded Kathleen J. McInnis, Smart Women, Smart Power podcast, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 28 August 2024 source ↗

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