Alex Jones
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Managing to stay on The One Show for over a decade. In an industry that is so fickle, I am astounded I am still there.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The double marathon on the last day of my 27 marathons in 27 days.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2016 source ↗
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Picking myself back up after very tricky times and trying again.
In the Pet Shop Boys song Being Boring they’ve a great line that says “I never dreamed that I would get to be the creature that I always meant to be”. And I feel I am, so that’s great.
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With a blue plaque.
The UK voting for us to stay in Europe on 23 June.
Living in Bangor, County Down, because my mum was still alive. She died when I was six.
Mozart’s clarinet concerto from the Out Of Africa soundtrack.
Jo Brand. She’s a fighter, she’s successful, she’s a straight talker; she cares about people.
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