Living in London in the late 60s—setting my hair with beer cans and shopping for shoes in Knightsbridge.
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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.
Around the holidays, because I get to spend them with family and friends.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2018 source ↗
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