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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.
When I met my husband, David, in 2006, on Dating Direct.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗
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In Cyprus between 1994 and 1999. I was baking out there, the weather was fantastic, it was a great place to be and I met my wife Alex.
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The people I never thanked for what they selflessly gave me in my career; when I was younger I just took it for granted.
On a cosmetics production line. I walked out after half a day.
I cried after I won the Booker.
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