Somebody wrote that my voice was more numbing than novocaine.
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I was born in 1964, in the most working-class area of Liverpool, so the N-word was bandied around a lot.
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“You were amazing in Game of Thrones.” I say it’s the worst thing – it’s also the best!
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The Fake Sheikh did a sting on me once and the News of the World headline was “Craig Charles is an evil drug-pushing monster”. That wasn’t good on the school run, I’ll tell you that.
Losing my marbles.
Selfishness and cruelty.
To my parents for all the mess-ups. There have been times when I’ve been going through something and I’ve thought, God, I’m so glad my mum and dad are dead, because they don’t have to go through it with me.
Cowardice. There are so many issues that I would like to express opinions about but I’m too scared to stick my head above the parapet because of the social media pile-on.
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