Rebecca Front
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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 day I got accepted by Rada and the day I found out I was pregnant, both a long time coming. I am a late bloomer.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2019 source ↗
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Scott Mills
English radio DJ and television presenter
Now. I’ve moved to Hertfordshire after 25 years in London, got a fiancee and a dog, so everything has fallen into place.
Mornings. Playing music, fresh coffee, dippy eggs and soldiers, my girlfriend – what’s not to love?
When: I finish a good scene. Where: looking back, in the navy.
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I was fidgety and clueless for a long time.
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