Ralf Little
English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer
Having a 23-year acting career with no qualifications.
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Getting an A for my English A-level. I’m dyslexic; it was never detected and I was written off as scatty and lazy. This proved everyone wrong, including me.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2017 source ↗
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Francesca Martinez
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My relationship.
Getting to 39 without having a filling in my teeth.
Laura Kenny
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I’m proud of my achievements at the Olympics. But I prepare in exactly the same way for every race.
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View profile →Right now. Ask me again when my children are grown, and I’ll sob, “When they loved me more than that woman/man they’ve shacked up with.”
A walk-on part for my mum in Les Misérables. It was in a charity auction. She always dreamed of being in a West End show.
Teachers who recognise that each child is different.
Utterly relentless warmth and peace.
Life modelling for a woman who made me recite Shakespeare as I posed. I had a hangover, and it was all a bit much.
I’m convinced heartache almost killed me a few years ago.
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