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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Quality compost.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 February 2022 source ↗
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View all 57 →You reach a certain point in life and suddenly know a lot of dead people, and I’ve noticed you don’t stop getting to know people who are dead. Those relationships continue and I like that.
The worms get to feast.
Alan Titchmarsh
Gardener and broadcaster
I hope that it exists. I'm not sure I can fit everything in before then.
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View profile →On my professional stage debut, I heard my drama tutor moan, “Oh no” from the rear stalls as soon as I appeared.
I have an allotment. I’m also quite passionate about my allotment shed. Terrible season this year; no soft fruit to speak of, disappointing cabbages and my garlic got shocking rust.
The first 12 years of school. I was very unhappy. I was not academic, so I played the fool till I was 16.
Upright.
Supreme self-confidence and my wife.
I need to do more whale-watching. I must learn to play the guitar. I would like to play Uncle Vanya, King Lear and a panto Dame. The icing on that cake would be if they were all in the same season.
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