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The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗
At a fashion show after-party in New York in 2004, my friend dared me to push her into the pool. I did, and you’ve never heard laughter die so quickly.
Fainting as a chorister in Winchester Cathedral in the middle of a service.
Sending a text meant for my wife to Dara O'Briain by mistake, revealing myself to be a control freak.
The Radio 1 breakfast show was an embarrassing moment that lasted for nine months.
Being alive on Earth is challenging and I like to believe that whatever happens after is filled with peace and ease.
An inability to be authentic.
All of the anxious thoughts that you are able to escape during the day that somehow know when you are lying down to relax.
My tendency to be avoidant.
A blood clot in my artery when I was 23.
Crashing in an aeroplane into an ocean at night.
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