Sunday mornings with my parents when I visited from college.
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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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I remember going to my auntie Pauline’s house in winter when I was eight or nine and she made me a roast beef sandwich. I ate it and fell asleep next to a fire. I felt like a cat, fed and left to nap.
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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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Thinking I’ve upset somebody.
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