I’d probably take out a lot of my 20s, when I was rude, annoying and a brat.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2024 source ↗
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I’d probably take out a lot of my 20s, when I was rude, annoying and a brat.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2024 source ↗
My failures have taught me more than the successes, so not much.
The public mistakes I’ve made. Most recently, I tried to light an e-cigarette on an aeroplane and was told to put it out. I completely forgot I was on a plane. I’d had, like, three drinks, but it only takes three. I stopped as soon as I got off and I got straight back into my programme, because that’s what I do.
I would instil confidence in my younger self.
If I had known what a stylist was when I joined Radio 1, I would have enlisted the help of one.
I’ve never read any Proust.
A sense of optimism.
Anybody who works in frontline mental health services for the NHS.
Hey Ya, by OutKast.
In the orange blossom-filled streets of Seville, snogging on a park bench.
Those abduction situations where you’re packed in a bunker for 30 years.
Ricky Wilson, Mary McCartney, Nicholson Baker, Charlotte Church, Sadiq Khan, Christy Turlington Burns
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