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Now is pretty good; at home, the stove is burning and I’ve cleared the inbox enough to feel that I can relax.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2016 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Eating Marmite on toast just after the birth of my daughter in 2004.
My first week in New York in 1978, when I was about to start as a writer at Time. And my first week in the south of France after retiring from my job of 25 years as editor of Vanity Fair.
Martin Freeman
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When I am in Italy with the family, not thinking about work.
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This has been a really good year so far.
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