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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2019 source ↗
People are often traumatised by the sleeplessness in the first years of their children’s lives, but I was insanely happy to be married and have two children. The only dark cloud was how much we were loathed for having babies who slept through the night.
Easy – winning the gold medal for the men's half-pipe in Vancouver.
Playing ping pong in LA.
As a child playing in my parents’ garden in Birmingham, which they still have, and where my daughters play, swinging on my swing that my dad made for me.
To my parents, for being such a bitch.
Threat of nuclear war, Iran/US situation, Syria, everything. I take sleeping pills.
Boarding school. It was horrible.
Raising awareness of ethical and environmental issues in the clothing industry. I think I was the original whistleblower within fashion.
A hydrogen-powered private jet for me and my dog. We’d be zero carbon dioxide emissions, so could go anywhere we liked.
Hop-picking in Kent when I was 13. The smell was dreadful, and put me off beer for life.
Heston Blumenthal, Douglas Stuart, Christian Louboutin, Rick Stein, Paul Smith, Keith McNally
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