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In 2006, I went fishing for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. On the way back, one of the engines caught fire and then we had one engine for 70 miles. Slowly but surely, we got to Baton Rouge in the darkness but then got very close to a very large passing ship – they didn’t see us and we didn’t see them.
Just thinking about unsafe sex.
Being about nine metres away from a polar bear. In northern Canada, a young polar bear was very intrigued by our food. I was flying the drone at the time and the polar bear looked up and started paying attention, so then we flew the drone further away and he followed it while we got into our vehicles.
Physically, falling off my bike two years ago. Emotionally, when my mother died when I was 27.
Tenacious, romantic, organised.
Anyone who can pick up a house spider with their bare hands.
Christmas elf at the Rainforest Cafe.
A perfect cup of coffee – warm, bittersweet, anxiety-inducing and delicious.
Congratulating Dua Lipa on managing to release a single in such a tough industry, because I thought she was a struggling indie artist. I Googled her the next day and realised that she has 88 million followers.
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David Guetta, Shappi Khorsandi, Nicola Walker, Sheryl Crow, Peter Capaldi, Terry O'Neill
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