Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
Becoming an actor at all, considering my background.
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Keeping a relationship with the love of my life, for 16 years.
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Robert Glenister
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That I’m still here.
Tim Peake
British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut
Doing the spacewalk to fix a solar panel at the furthest edge of the ISS. You have no idea if you are going to get a chance to do a spacewalk when you go into space. I was fortunate. There’s a real juxtaposition between floating, completely serene and calm, looking down at Earth and the universe, and being aware that you are in this hostile environment.
David Harewood
British actor and presenter
I’ve helped create a path for young black actors. When I go to swanky Hollywood dos, it’s great to see more and more young black British faces. I can remember a time when I was the only one there.
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A wedding, in 2012.
Very hard, meaningful kisses.
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