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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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At college: missing lectures to rehearse plays and go daytime drinking. Oh, and the baby’s birth.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2015 source ↗
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Right now, in the present. I have a short memory.
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Visiting my children at college. I don't stay long, because their lives are so busy - the way they should be.
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The baby monitor. Followed by my own fake snores.
When our baby took to the boob for the first time: happy tears at him having his first feed, but also sad at the thought of how many more boobs he’ll seek out before he’s truly happy.
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