My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
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I wouldn’t live so long in France. After eight years, I came back to London.
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I’d have told a racist cabbie to go fuck himself, but I was scared about being chucked out on the street at 2am.
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I wouldn't have been a bully and I'd have stood up to more bullies.
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I would try to work on being able to trust people more easily.
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When my son was about three years old and I was working at the National Theatre. I remember cycling from Twickenham, and thinking, “This is the golden age: I’ll never be happier or more content than this.”
Pressing uniforms in a laundry. I was 14. I lied about my age and said I was 16, even though I probably looked about 12.
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