Victoria Pendleton
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Cows in the field next door.
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Coffee, which is why I’ve given it up.
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Creating. When everyone goes to bed and then you have six or seven hours to create peacefully. I’ve become nocturnal. Even on a night when I am not in the studio, I still won’t go to sleep till six in the morning.
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The fact that at least 300,000 women die every year from pregnancy and childbirth-related issues that are largely preventable.
My husband snoring.
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Not meeting David Bowie, but then they say it’s best not to meet your heroes.
A daily massage.
When I rode on the back of a motorbike from London to Rome with my eyes closed the entire way.
My friend [art director] Simon Costin who, in 35 years, I’ve never once seen in a bad mood.
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