Obama. He is a man of integrity and nobody seems to have integrity these days.
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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.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗
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Not winning Celebrity MasterChef. I am still gutted, despite many months of pretending to be fine with it.
Hungry, hard-working, cats.
A drunk woman who threw epic dinner parties.
The early days of motherhood. We lived in a sweet little bungalow in LA that had a pool. We threw lots of parties. We had a cute dog and a mad Siamese. Trump had never been president, we’d never heard of coronavirus, Claire’s Accessories was still going strong. Good times.
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