I wouldn’t because everything is connected with everything else.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I would never have gone on a diet. I would go back with the knowledge that not being perfect is fine.
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To be born independently wealthy.
Maybe I should have agreed to take the job of controller of BBC One when Bill Cotton offered it to me. I do feel a wimp; I would have been the first woman in the job.What do you consider your greatest achievement? I don’t really claim credit, I hope, for helping to launch Childline and the Silver Line and Silver Stories. It is an achievement that they all exist, but that is down to their amazing teams.
I’d give my younger self the lessons I’ve learned over the years, sparing myself the need to figure everything out so publicly.
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I spent £600 on Rudolf Nureyev’s ballet shoes after he died. He was the biggest idol in my life and influenced me hugely.
An actor. When I was really young, I wanted to be a fishmonger’s wife.
Everything. I’ve one of those brains that doesn’t quieten down.
My mother, because I didn’t appreciate until after she’d gone that she was a vulnerable human being. I just expected her to know everything and be everything.
In some way your life is doubled. You’re you and the other person.
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