The Q&A
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Indira Varma: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? Go back to where you came from’
The actor on racist abuse, being a co*cktail waitress in the ‘unwoke’ 90s and a wardrobe malfunction
Philippa Gregory: ‘I’m lazy domestically. I don’t do housework. My mother would have called me a slu*t’
The novelist and playwright on being spooked by watermills, a secret kiss and splashing out on family holidays
Imogen Poots: ‘I once asked a young woman if she had heard of Laura Marling. She replied: “I am Laura Marling”’
The actor on wanting to revive video rental, looking forward to getting older, and getting hate for her hats
Bananarama’s Keren Woodward: ‘There’s a beauty to getting to an age where you don’t care about stuff that used to bother you’
The singer on being single, a brush with the law in LA, and buying biscuits in bulk
JonSnow: ‘When I was growing up I wanted to be a Tory MP’
The broadcaster on being arrogant, a dangerous encounter with Idi Amin, and getting arrested in a Swiss hotel at dead of night
Jack Davenport: ‘As a child, I was shuttling between Ibiza and Suffolk in a gloriously 70s hippy kind of way’
The actor on dicing with death as a bicycle courier, hating social media, and a memorable kiss at Ronnie Scott’s
Peter Sarsgaard: ‘A relative once said to me: You’re not an actor, an actor looks like Mel Gibson’
The film and TV star on leading his girlfriends on, working for rich people, and why most vehicles should be banned from New York
Esther Rantzen: ‘An editor at the BBC, a self-confessed misogynist, used to aim his air gun at a can balanced just over my head’
The broadcaster on being boring, wanting more time, and wishing she’d been the first female controller of BBC One
Giovanna Fletcher: ‘My most embarrassing moment? At the TV Baftas I went arse over tit’
The author and podcaster on young love, chips and curry sauce, and her husband’s selective hearing
Phoebe Dynevor: ‘I’d like to apologise to my flatmate. I keep shrinking his sweaters in the wash’
The Bridgerton actor on working as a waitress in a co*cktail bar, impatience, and an embarrassing video
Tony Christie: ‘Who would play me in a film of my life? Oh, Brad Pitt’
The singer on weird dreams, the crush that inspired his stage name, and a missed meeting with Frank Sinatra
Michelle Visage: ‘I don’t lie. That’s why I get in trouble: I’m honest to a fault’
The singer on admiring Madonna, why she wants to say sorry to her kids, and being softer than people think
Jason Donovan: ‘What would I edit from my past? My relationship with drugs’
The singer and actor on pop stardom, his biggest career regret, and finding peace with fame after 45 years
Monica Dolan: ‘I look a bit square. If I was a Mr Man, I’d be Mr Strong’
The actor on feeling overlooked, having a crush on Mark Carney, and pulling her pants down on the way to the loo
Siobhán McSweeney: ‘Which living person do I despise? So. Many’
The Derry Girls actor on spilling food, loving massages, and being disappointed by casting directors
Kate Humble: ‘I did three modelling shoots before I realised I hate having my photograph taken and I like food’
The broadcaster on drinking in the bath, wanting to be a mermaid, and choosing between her husband and her dogs
Leona Lewis: ‘I’d like to be a man for a day to see how differently I would be treated’
The singer on being a people-pleaser, wanting to bring back dinosaurs, and learning to stay in the moment
Rebecca Ferguson: ‘Marilyn Monroe had a very torturous life. I’d love to bring her back and allow her to have peace’
The singer on rude people in bars, taking on the establishment, and the joy of beach butties
Denise Welch: ‘Who would I like to say sorry to? The people I hurt when I was addicted to alcohol and cocaine’
The actor and Loose Women panellist on getting sober, being a helicopter parent, and an unfortunate event in New York
TomAllen: ‘At an early corporate gig, they opened the buffet in the middle of my set – everybody left’
The comedian on a grim festive job playing Bing Crosby, an air-kiss from Joanna Lumley, and his love of bread and wine
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