Richard Coles
British musician, writer, presenter and priest
Technically, Ibiza 1990, because of the amount of ecstasy I’d taken.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Now. I am father to Albert, seven, and Esme, six. I’ve never experienced happiness as complete as caring for them.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2019 source ↗
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Alexander Armstrong
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Now. Although I am on tour and I will be deliriously happy when that finishes, because I'll be back home.
Clive Myrie
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Whenever I’m with my wife and I’m not preoccupied with work.
Gina McKee
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Now is pretty good; at home, the stove is burning and I’ve cleared the inbox enough to feel that I can relax.
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To my children, because their mum and dad’s relationship failed, and I know that has caused them great sadness.
I think I’ve only really experienced it on a parental level, and it feels like the rhythm of nature.
Elsie Eccleston, my mother, for her emotional intelligence, kindness, intense curiosity, and chicken and leek pies.
During my severe clinical depression in 2016. I was at Piccadilly station in Manchester and a train was coming.
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