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The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 December 2025 source ↗
On stage in Tasmania, I tripped over a floor monitor and landed on my back like a turtle, kicking my legs in the air trying to get back on my feet in front of about 5,000 people. But when I got on my feet, the whole crowd roared in triumph.
At a fashion show after-party in New York in 2004, my friend dared me to push her into the pool. I did, and you’ve never heard laughter die so quickly.
When I was appointed director of public prosecutions, I had a government car and visited the security services. When I came out, I got into the back of what I thought was my car, but it was somebody’s private car and they told me in no uncertain terms to get out. I had to reverse out with as much dignity as I could, with the head of security services watching.
I’ve shat myself in public three times. It’s never quite as bad as you fear.
If there could be a double of me to look after my child when I’m working.
Very impatient, bossy, always late.
Speedy, bossy, loving.
A missionary in Africa – I think that was Sunday school-based.
Lemn Sissay. What happened to him and what he’s done with his life is extraordinary.
Laziness, lack of empathy, lack of humour.
Tom Allen, Edmund Hillary, Minnie Driver, Richard Eyre, Edward Enninful, John Simm
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