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What was your cultural passion when you were 14?

It was Fame " the TV series. I just loved it. It had everything: singing, dancing, legwarmers, let's do the show right here, right now. A glimpse of the cultural life that some kids in New York were having. I also used to go horse-riding every week until I was about 16, when I got interested in boys and preferred to stay in blow- drying my hair.

What are you reading in bed?

David Nicholls' The Understudy. It's great. Very good dialogue. As a rule I don't read a lot of novels. I usually like biographies and autobiographies. I recently finished The Two of Us by Sheila Hancock " a very, very moving account.

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