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If I weren't talking to you right now I'd be...
Having lunch over the road from Broadcasting House.
A phrase I use far too often...
"Bliss". It's just my general approving noise. I tend to say it while eating or drinking or things like that.
I wish people would take more notice of...
Human rights.
The most surprising thing to happen to me was...
Having more children at the age I am. I have a seven-year-old and a three-year-old.
A common misconception of me is...
That because I'm interested in childhood and children's literature, I must be childish.
I am not a politician but...
If I were, I'd start where the 1945 Labour Party left off.
I'm good at...
Performing my own poems. I usually do it four times a week.
I'm very bad at...
Drawing. I discovered I was pretty bad aged about 14.
The ideal night out is...
Going to the theatre and for a meal with my wife.
In moments of weakness I...
Watch football. I support Arsenal, which is becoming a little distressing.
You know me as a poet and an author but in a truer life I'd have been...
An actor or a farmer.
The best age to be is...
The age you are because that's the reality check you have to do every day.
In a nutshell, my philosophy is this:
"Another world is possible". I've heard it in various forms over the past five years, often connected with anti-globalisation.
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