Erin O'Connor
English model
A chef would be nice.
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Finding a cure for cystic fibrosis – it would change the life of my niece.
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Cerys Matthews
Welsh singer-songwriter
A halter for global mega companies, and the return of community. Throw in an ironing board that does the ironing and a floor that self-cleans.
Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
This isn’t a complaint, but obscurity would be nice. You can’t have a bad day in public because everyone’s got phones.
Ralph Ineson
English actor and narrator
Leeds United signing a decent striker.
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Last night, having dinner with my husband, John, my son, Jonathan, and his girlfriend, Maude.
When I was very little, I thought it might be possible to be an angel.
A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.
Work-wise, joining the National Theatre when I was 21.
When I was 14 I went up for Juliet with Zeffirelli and I was hugely disappointed that I didn’t get that.
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