Hayley Squires
English actress and playwright
I wanted my own ice-cream van and to be a lollipop lady.
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A ballet dancer. I danced from age two to 19. Giving up was not a choice; I had complications in an ankle operation.
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Dawn O'Porter
British writer, director, and television presenter
A drunk woman who threw epic dinner parties.
A comedian or the guy who drives the little truck around airports that takes old ladies to their gate.
Jeremy Deller
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More successful with girls.
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My nan. She lost her husband at the end of 2019 and over the past year she’s been in isolation, but every single week when we speak, she’s full of hope.
The thought of infinity.
My wedding day last year. It was supposed to be 4 April and, in the end, it was 12 September.
During lockdown, I found out I wasn’t pregnant any more.
Spending over half my life under Tory rule.
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