Harry Redknapp
English football player and manager
I was probably too cheeky to chairmen over the years.
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Every time I got drunk and out of order. Especially in my teens and 20s.
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Adam Kay
British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician
I could have done without being sexually assaulted, or having an eating disorder, or pushing myself to breaking point, but every chapter of my life brought me here.
Nicholson Baker
Contemporary American novelist and writer
I made too much money in my 30s, and it distorted my writing and made me less hungry. Then, in my 40s, I spent all the money on daily life – and now I don’t have it.
Lauren Laverne
English radio DJ, and television presenter
It would have been lovely to have grown up in private like a lot of my friends.
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Childbirth. And the wheel of our camper van coming clean off on the M1.
Worrying that I’ve upset people.
An old camper van that has cost me more in repairs than my house, my wedding and all the holidays I’ve ever been on.
To all those whose fleeting interaction with me has fallen short of what they’d hoped; the unwitting recipients of my occasional grumpiness.
I cleaned for a very posh lady in Knightsbridge who made me handwash her knickers. I’d advertised myself in The Lady as a dog walker, so I’m not sure how I ended up there.
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