Julian Clary
English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter
Sydney mardi gras, 1993.
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Now, because of my marriage and because since September 2019 I’ve been free of clinical depression.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2023 source ↗
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