Angela Hartnett
English chef
Washing up in the Ford factory canteen in Dagenham.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗
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Originally asked
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When I was younger, I appeared in the Halifax adverts that featured a cake or a bridge made of hundreds of people. You stood there for three days and were not even really seen.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
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Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
The worst was as a butcher, aged 17.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer and songwriter
I’ve only done two and loved them both – one in the band, and the other as an interpreter in customs.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2019 source ↗
Working in McDonald’s when I was 16. It was about 90p an hour. Because I was always late, they made me “trash walk” the length of Kentish Town high street and pick up the McDonald’s rubbish.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗
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View profile →An English teacher, and then a dance teacher.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
To Jade, my other half, because I can be hard work sometimes, and he is the most calm and understanding person I’ve ever met.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
My mother: she’s an inspiration. She went back to college in her 40s, started karate and became a black belt.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
When I was seven or eight, I got run over and was actually under the car, which was scary. I just ran out; it was totally my fault. I was fine – all I got was a tiny scar on my knee.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
As a good person who was kind, funny, and a little bit naughty.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
Magical, warm, but also butterflies.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
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