I started stammering badly the first time I was on live radio, on Woman’s Hour on Radio 4. When I think about it now it brings me out in a cold sweat.
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I did a corporate gig early in my career, and they opened the buffet in the middle of my set and everybody left.
I don’t embarrass easily: I’m kinda shameless.
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