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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2021 source ↗
The morning after the opening of Hamlet in New York in 2000. The reviews were good and I actually punched the air – a very un-Simon Russell Beale thing to do.
After the birth of both my children, although Manchester United winning the treble in 1999 came pretty close.
Right now. The past has gone.
When I landed the role in Soldier Soldier. I thought, “Oh my goodness, I’m going to be doing something that makes me happy, I’m doing it abroad and they’re going to pay me.” I was 26.
Hard work, painful.
My dog was quite expensive. She’s a Bedlington whippet, named Rafi after Mohammed Rafi, the famous Indian singer. She’s got a boy’s name, but she doesn’t mind.
Watching the final episode of Mare Of Easttown.
Guilt for not being productive enough – ridiculous.
Katie Whittaker. When we were at school, I told her I knew Take That, and I didn’t.
As the billionaire philanthropist Anita Rani, who helped bring education to huge numbers of young women around the world.
Tina Brown, Winston Churchill, Edwina Currie, Alan Johnson, Cecile Richards, Mike Wallace
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