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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I was a kid, I ran everywhere, pretending I was in the Olympics, and would always sprint the last 20 yards home to win gold.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2014 source ↗
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On stage – the Old Vic in 1981 and Glastonbury last year.
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