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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗
I would like the poem Cherish by Raymond Carver. It was read by my dad at my wedding, and is my absolute favourite.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 October 2018 source ↗
Pyramid Song, by Radiohead, live.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2017 source ↗
Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2013 source ↗
One written in 2057.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 June 2021 source ↗
I didn’t learn to be intimate with people until I was in my 20s, so I was a very bad friend in my teens. There was a girl I was best friends with at college; I always used to kiss the boys she liked. I’d like to apologise to her.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗
Cleaning toilets at McDonald’s when I was 16.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗
I would be a bit nicer to myself.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗
Ten years ago, I went to visit my dad in Australia. I walked to the edge of a cliff and looked over and tripped. I righted myself but my head was over the edge. No one saw it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗
My A-level results - I got two Cs and an A. I had applied to do philosophy at Cambridge, and thought my life was over.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗
To be looked at.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗
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