Laurence Fox
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Worry about being self-employed. Nowadays, I don’t lose sleep over my divorce – I did for about a year.
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Perimenopausal anxiety, the terrible feeling of impending doom, something awful happening to my children, writing deadlines. Apart from that, I’m quite chilled.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗
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My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.
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My Siamese cat, which I had freeze-dried after she died. I really think their future partners will like it.
Clothes moths (and the imminent threat of world war three).
Not winning Celebrity MasterChef. I am still gutted, despite many months of pretending to be fine with it.
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