Sandi Toksvig
Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer
I wouldn’t bother learning how to use logarithms, and I might give netball a miss.
If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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I wish I could go back and not be the anxious child that I was. I spent the first 25 years of my life just trying to survive human interaction.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗
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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.
Adrian Scarborough
British actor
The first 12 years of school. I was very unhappy. I was not academic, so I played the fool till I was 16.
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A guitar – a 1959 Gibson 335.
My fear of confrontation.
I felt like I messed up my marriage. I don’t feel that way any more, but at the time I was devastated.
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