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The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗
I had quite a chequered childhood. I had a knife put to my throat once when I was a kid, which was very scary.
A running accident when I was 14 or 15. I fainted but I was a bit of a jester and they thought I was taking the piss, so I was left for a bit. I woke up in hospital.
My parents died within four days of each other. I was engulfed as I ran from one bedside to another.
Throat and neck cancer in 2018. They told me six to eight months if it hadn’t been caught.
Three degrees: I paid my kids’ uni fees.
Ambulances – I live near a hospital.
By people smiling or shaking their heads. I’ll even take rolling their eyes.
Healthier food from motorway service stations – I am always going through them late at night and it’s all rubbish.
Oh, most days. I can watch a political programme and think, “That sounds a really good point.” Then someone will argue the opposite and I’ll think, “Yeah, he’s got a point as well.” I am constantly sitting on a fence.
Quiet, sharp, clumsy.
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