Keeley Hawes
British actress
I am happiest now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2010 source ↗
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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At the birth of each of my children. Drugs were involved.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2012 source ↗
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Rob Brydon
Welsh actor and comedian
As a boy in a tree.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2012 source ↗
Tamara Mellon
British fashion entrepreneur
Since my daughter Minty was born.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 February 2011 source ↗
Jeanette Winterson
Novelist and essayist
Happiness is planting the vegetables, sleeping with my girlfriend, running, doing my work, sitting by the fire with a book and a glass of wine... I need a reason to be unhappy, but do not need one to be quietly cheerful.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2009 source ↗
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