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The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗
I once had to dig a fire escape from a basement in a health club. It took two weeks.
Putting ball bearings into Mum roll-on deodorant bottles in a factory, one summer when I was 17.
Digging foundations in the freezing-cold Chicago winters.
I got sacked from TK Maxx for falling asleep under the coats.
Honest, empathetic, daring.
I’m a bit of a hoarder.
An English teacher said, “You’ll never make anything of yourself.”
It was reading out loud, but no longer. (I am dyslexic.) I was encouraged by my husband to do a speech for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which helped me gain my confidence, and the fear disappeared.
Less time on my phone.
Lack of empathy.
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