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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗
When I was a 26-year-old news correspondent, the head of BBC news gathering, Chris Cramer, refused to let me take up a six-month attachment on the foreign affairs programme Correspondent. He said: “I think it’s too soon; you could do it later.” He’d never have said that to a man.
People mistaking my kindness for weakness and stealing from me.
Not having longer legs.
Three times when I lived in New York, I missed seeing David Bowie in real life by moments.
A snazzy coffee machine that grinds beans and steams milk.
My mum, because she smuggled me into the National Youth Theatre during summer time when my dad didn’t want me to be an actor, and she’s seen everything I’ve done.
I fell off a ladder, landed on my back, got up and was fine.
In Brooklyn, I was a dishwasher in a sandwich shop.
At boarding school, I was unable to get the main part in Hamlet, so I put on a production of The Homecoming with my friends. The teachers came to see it and said they didn’t know I had it in me. It felt very good.
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