Tom Allen
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The fear of nightmares.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2023 source ↗
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Insomnia. I go to bed at 9.30pm and listen to Radio 4.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
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All kinds of ridiculous things, like worrying about the lobsters I see in restaurant tanks in Chinatown.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2013 source ↗
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Worrying about my children.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
A Christian Dior coat.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
Last Christmas I was clipped by a train. Mum was dying so my head was elsewhere. I was walking home and had to cross one of those crossings that say, “Stop, look and listen.” I didn’t do any of those things, and I had my headphones in so I couldn’t even hear the train. It clipped my left elbow.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
Yesterday, because grief creeps up on you.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
I wanted to be a prosthetic makeup artist after watching A Nightmare On Elm Street.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
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