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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Losing my eyesight – I live for the view, and the sunset and the sunrise.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2026 source ↗
Losing the ability to get about.
Mostly the pain. I don’t want to be trapped in a body that hurts.
That I didn’t appreciate the smaller joys in life.
Am I enjoying it too much to find out?
Getting to the end and thinking that I haven’t laughed enough.
To Gorka Márquez, who was my Strictly partner, for not winning the glitterball in 2022.
My new year resolution is actually to read all the classics and I’m ashamed that I haven’t read everything by the Brontë sisters.
As someone who made you think that anything’s possible. I did three marathons in a day once but walking the high-wire at Battersea Park station was the challenge I loved most because I had to master a skill.
More sleep – my children do not sleep.
Good memories. When I’m gone, I want them to feel that they were always my No 1 priority.
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