During the first three months of the first lockdown. I was at home with my family and I was such a cliche: I was baking sourdough, making my own granola. It was an idyllic time.
When were you happiest?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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About half an hour ago, watching through the window as my dad and two-year-old daughter walked to the paper shop together.
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There are many moments of happiness for me. I swim in a sea of them. They are related to my family and work.
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Sending off the final draft of my latest novel.
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Living in Bangor, County Down, because my mum was still alive. She died when I was six.
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