David Harewood
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Having my family closer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2019 source ↗
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A hydrogen-powered private jet for me and my dog. We’d be zero carbon dioxide emissions, so could go anywhere we liked.
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Chaka Khan
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Peace and honesty.
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Someone else to write my books.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗
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If Dave and Robert came to dine.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2013 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2019 source ↗
Hop-picking in Kent when I was 13. The smell was dreadful, and put me off beer for life.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2019 source ↗
Raising awareness of ethical and environmental issues in the clothing industry. I think I was the original whistleblower within fashion.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2019 source ↗
Threat of nuclear war, Iran/US situation, Syria, everything. I take sleeping pills.
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Camping with my parents in the south of France. We went every year with the beautiful bell tent they made on a sewing machine. We even had a lavatory tent which was fabulous except, one day, it blew away with my father in it.
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To my parents, for being such a bitch.
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