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A house in west London.
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View all 46 →A sense of wonder.
Good memories. When I’m gone, I want them to feel that they were always my No 1 priority.
A sense of what really matters.
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View profile →When I was about two, I accidentally knocked a boiled kettle on myself. I am scarred, in many ways, from that.
I got sacked from TK Maxx for falling asleep under the coats.
At school, I got my head stuck in a balustrade on the stairs at lunchtime. I had pupils laughing at me, parents laughing at me, teachers laughing at me and eventually, at the end of the day, the fire brigade laughing at me.
Finding your phone.
Outside my very close-knit group of friends, socially I’m terrible.
Certainty. I also can’t stand it when someone calls you and then says, “Wait, I need to put my headphones in.”
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