In despair, because of my wife’s illness.
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When I heard John Noakes had died.
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On stage. It was cathartic. It takes a lot for me to cry in real life.
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I have the invisibility of a middle-aged woman. I live in Brighton, and feel for the first time in my life that I belong. My kids are safe, my husband’s in a good place and we have a roof over our head: I can’t imagine needing more than that.
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