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‘I always tell my kids to breathe in the good times’

What was your plan B?

Being a compositor in print. My dad got me my first job as an apprentice. I grew up in Islington, North London, and working in print was considered good. When I was 10, I went to the Anna Scher drama club and learned that the most fun you can have is

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