I changed my mind on airing my views. Sometimes silence is better.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2023 source ↗
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I changed my mind on airing my views. Sometimes silence is better.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2023 source ↗
July 2018, when I married my third husband, Roger, after two years of proclaiming that marriage at 76 was stupid.
The other day, when I decided that maybe I had been too harsh on mid-period Sting.
When I worked out I was gay and decided to leave the church at 29.
There’s a house near me that I adore and it came up for sale, and I got to the point of nearly buying it and then pulled out because I’m trying to be sensible.
I campaigned for a creative industry regulatory body, and that’s now happening in the next 18 months. It’s called CIISA [Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority]. I’m proud that I set the ball rolling and dared to challenge the establishment.
My stepmother died a few years ago but I didn’t make that last hour to have a conversation with her, so I’d like to say sorry for that.
Antiques and art – I collect 17th‑century portraits.
As someone who tried, who had dignity, and stuck to what she believed in despite the storms.
Safety, and being able to be completely yourself.
It’s that bad, I’d never repeat it. I’ll just say it was particularly cruel and incredibly racist. It was somebody that I used to date, at the end of the relationship, and it hurt very deeply.
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