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The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗
Public catering in the parks, where we lost a tonne of money. Now the public will buy excellent simple, fresh food. All they wanted in the 80s were slimy burgers, Mr Whippy and Coke.
If you ask me where has been the one area where I feel that I've been most frustrated and most stymied it is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common-sense, gun-safety laws. Even in the face of repeated mass killings. … And for us not to be able to resolve that issue has been something that is distressing. But it is not something that I intend to stop working on in the remaining 18 months.
Losing my parents when they were relatively young. My dad was 59 and my mum died at 72, 14 years ago.
Myself, for having such a lack of love for myself at times.
A good understanding of how to use a computer.
A headmaster said I was a complete washout and I would never be any good for anything.
As someone who added to a situation rather than took away from it.
A comedian, and I may have achieved that.
A few haircuts.
In 1992 I was in New York, and somebody showed me a work by Louise Bourgeois. I never realised that sculpture could move me, and I was so affected by this piece that I bought it. It was a lot of money.
Suzi Quatro, Michael Palin, Tracey Ullman, Shirley Ballas, Steph McGovern, Andy Murray
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