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PAGE 78 C M Y K DAILY MAIL WEEKEND The prized possession you value above all others… My 12-year-old black Lab- I’m addicted to interiors rador, Inca. I got her as a puppy during my year on Taransay [the island used magazines and I designed for the BBC series Castaway in 2000] the inside of our home. My and I love her more than I can describe. She has been my most loyal friend and wife says I’m a control freak helped me find a wife – I met Marina while we were walking our dogs. scrawled it on a wall in the kitchen and The unending quest that drives you I read it if I’m ever in doubt. It ends, on… Who am I and what am I here for? ‘Only a person who risks is free.’ But maybe I’m going a little deep! The misapprehension about yourself The way you would spend your fantasy you wish you could erase… That I’m 24 hours, with no travel restrictions… posh. Admittedly I had a privileged A swim and breakfast on the Amalfi childhood, but my father is a Canadian coast in Italy with Marina and our son vet and my mother an actress. I am Ludo, 20 months, and daughter Iona, 11 driven to shake off the tag. weeks, then a walk in the Bolivian The event that altered the course of Andes. Lunch on an island in French your life and character… Appearing in Polynesia, followed by shopping in New Castaway. It was the best year of my York. Tea in Cartagena, Colombia, then life and it changed me for ever. dinner under the stars in the Okavango The crime you would commit knowing Delta of Botswana and a night safari. you could get away with it… I’d squat Home to my bed in west London. in a house overlooking the Atlantic in The temptation you wish you could Devon or Cornwall and then live hap- resist… Crisps. My weakness verges pily ever after. on addiction. I’ll eat any flavour. The song that means most to you… It The book that holds an everlasting is currently Cee Lo Green’s Bright resonance… The Poisonwood Bible by Lights Bigger City. It reminds me of Barbara Kingsolver from 1998 is a tale Marina, Ludo and me dancing in the about missionaries in the Congo. It’s a kitchen and it fills me with joy. dark parable of one man’s blinkered The happiest moment you will cherish passion and it took my breath away. forever… The day in 2006 when James The priority activity if you were the Cracknell and I arrived in Antigua hav- Invisible Man for a day… I’d love to DEFINITE ing rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlan- know what my son Ludo does and how tic in 49 days, 19 hours and 8 minutes. It his mind works when we’re not looking. was a moment of undiluted happiness. The way fame and fortune has changed The saddest time that shook your you, for better and worse… It’s given world… The loss of loved ones. Each me so many opportunities, but seeing one turns your world upside down. yourself on TV can make you vain. I’ve ARTICLE The unfulfilled ambition that continues begun to notice the sun lines on my face We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly to haunt you… I’d like to act. I applied and I’ve become more body-conscious. to drama schools but was rejected by The film you can watch time and time probing questions – and only accept them all. My dream is to perform with again… Dumb And Dumber is my my mother, the actress Julia Foster. feelgood film. I watched it obsessively The philosophy that underpins your P H THE definitive answer. This week: O T at university and its basic humour life… Add life to your days, not days to O G R always gives me a warm glow. your life is one of my driving forces. A presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle P H The person who has influenced you The order of service at your funeral… S : J O most… Apart from my parents and seemed so much better than me, but losing it has given me so much, but it I’d want an extract from Captain Scott’s E P L I my family, it is Sir David Attenbor- becoming more confident changed my has come at a cost. diary, ‘What lots and lots I could tell M From top: A M E sunset safari ough. As a child, I was enthralled by life. I only wish it had come sooner. The unqualified regret you wish you you of this journey. How much better R , P his programmes – and I still am. I wish I’d been with has it been than lounging in too great A in Botswana, The unlikely interest that engages your could amend… , P H Sir David The figure from history for whom curiosity… Interior design. I’m addicted my friend James Cracknell when he comfort at home.’ Then maybe every- O T Attenborough, O you’d most like to buy a pie and a to interiors magazines and I designed had the cycling accident that nearly one would dance to Cee Lo Green. S H Ben’s mother O T – the actress pint… Fidel Castro. I’d ask if he really the inside of our house. Marina says I’m killed him in America last year. May- The way you want to be remembered… , A L thinks his revolution has worked. a control freak, but I think it’s a reaction be I could have helped him avoid it. For making a difference. A Julia Foster, M Y crisps, New The piece of wisdom you would pass on to spending so much time overseas. The The poem that touches your soul… The Plug… Ben Fogle’s memoir, The , B B C York shops to a child… Be comfortable in your own house is my nest and I want it just so. Risk by Anonymous. It’s about the Accidental Adventurer, is out on 1 , A L and James L skin. I was extremely shy and lacked The treasured item you lost and wish importance of taking risks in life. It September (Bantam Press, £18.99). O S T Cracknell A confidence as a boy. Everyone else you could have again… My anonymity; underpins everything I believe in. I As told to Rob McGibbon R NEXT WEEK PS... M The X Factor is back – and Daniel Craig stars in new sci-fi western Cowboys And Aliens, in we’ve got all the gossip on the M cinemas now. South Pacific, a sensation on Broadway, opens at new judges Delicious dishes inspired by the deli counter M Meet the second London’s Barbican Theatre. And nostalgia fans should head to two finalists in our National Garden Competition M PLUS Don’t miss Britain’s the star-studded 80s Rewind festival near Henley next weekend biggest and most detailed TV listings 78 weekend DAILY MAIL WEEKEND IS PUBLISHED BY ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LTD. PRINTED BY THE POLESTAR GROUP. REGISTERED AS A NEWSPAPER AT THE POST OFFICE. © ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LIMITED 2011. 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