A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.
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A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗
A sports car. I was in my 20s; I’d fallen out with my boyfriend, so to cheer myself up I got myself a little silver and black Mazda and a matching jumper and jacket. And do you know what, it worked. I saw him do a double take.
A Porsche 911 Turbo.
Art. We have some Picassos and Diego Riveras.
At the beginning of 2019, I brought my entire family with me on my honeymoon to Bora Bora.
When I was 14 I went up for Juliet with Zeffirelli and I was hugely disappointed that I didn’t get that.
Very warm and slightly giddying
Things that I didn’t do during the day.
Work-wise, joining the National Theatre when I was 21.
As a good friend.
Finding a cure for cystic fibrosis – it would change the life of my niece.
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