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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.
Five to 10, when I was just playing out and I didn’t realise I was a girl. Before my boobs came in, basically.
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My late 20s, writing my third record.
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Discovering Rome on my scooter with my wife when we first met.
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