Elaine Paige
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Watching tennis.
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A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Anything from the concept of human mortality to a faux pas I made at a party in 2005.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 February 2019 source ↗
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When we develop blockbuster novel products and the world sits up and takes us seriously, then I would probably sleep peacefully.
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Coffee, which is why I’ve given it up.
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