Sandi Toksvig
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Any fashion designer whose clothes on me must have made them weep.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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I’ve made some terrible remarks about people over the years in the interests of light entertainment, and I regret them all.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗
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My wife, just in case I’ve done something wrong.
Liam Gallagher
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Any sorrys I’ve needed to say have been said already.
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A gig in Chatham.
Running out of Molecule cologne.
My cold indifference towards discarded friends.
My education. Benedictine monks didn’t really prepare me for the life I have lived.
Dame Joan Collins. She insists on being happy whatever is going on and, despite being a Tory, is a very caring person.
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