‘Boys think I’m stupid because I like flowers and talk about love a lot. Then they’re shocked that I actually have a brain’

the beach in Mauritius with my friends definite and family. I’d have a bottle of Sancerre and a chat. Dinner would be veggie dishes at a Moroccan restaurant in Exeter called Al-Farid. They do a great gin cocktail called Kissed By Rose article which tastes like Turkish Delight. We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly Then I’d go home for a bath and bed. The happiest moment you will cherish probing questions – and only accept forever… Seeing my sister Lucy marry her husband Ed under a tree in 2015 THE definitive answer. This week was beautiful. The saddest time that shook your it’s the turn of singer Joss Stone world… When my Rottweiler Missy The prized possession you value above The pet hate that makes your hackles died last February after an operation. all others… My three dogs – a poodle rise... I don’t like it when She was 11 and I totally adored her. called Dusty, a Caucasian Ovcharka quiet people get talked over The unfulfilled ambition that contin- called Igor and Maggie, a mongrel I res- in a group. Everyone ues to haunt you… To have kids one cued from Battersea Dogs Home. My has a right to be heard. day. I always wanted seven, but I’m 30 dogs are my babies, my little buddies. The film you can watch now so maybe four is more realistic. The biggest regret you wish you could time and time again… The philosophy that underpins your amend… I regret listening to others in The Notebook from The unlikely interest The crime you would commit knowing life… Being kind is important. the past who pushed me in a certain 2004 with Ryan Gos- that engages your curi- you could get away with it… I’d steal direction with my work. I didn’t listen ling because it makes osity… I love garden truckloads of cannabinoid oil to hand The order of service at your funeral… I to my gut instinct. me cry, then feel, ‘Wow, gnomes – they make me out to all the poorly people in Britain want it in a field with a biodegradable smile. They’re so cute and who want it for its health benefits. box and flowers everywhere and for The temptation you wish you could what a wonderful love story.’ cheesy. I have them scattered them to play I’m Kissing You by resist… Smoking. I’ve smoked since I The person who has influenced The song that means most to you… around my garden. Des’ree, which is a real tearjerker. was 13. I give up every now and then, you most… My mum Wendy. Amazing Grace – the version by Eter- but only for a few months. I smoke She’s kind and I’ve inherited from her The treasured item you lost and wish nal. I was 11 when I sang it at a wed- The way you want to be remembered… about six Golden Vir- the desire to look after people. you could have again… My grand- ding in front of 200 people. I was so For making people feel good – wheth- mother Janet’s gold ring she gave me nervous I asked them to not look at er I made them a cup of tea or they ginia roll-ups a day. The figure from history for whom when I was 15. I lost it at a waterpark. me, so they all turned away. enjoyed my music. The book that holds you’d most like to buy a pie and an everlasting reso- a pint… Otis Redding. He was The unending quest that drives you The way you would spend your fantasy The Plug… Joss Stone, backed by a full nance… Me Before You a country boy with a gor- on… To complete my Total World Tour, 24 hours, with no travel restrictions... orchestra, tours the UK in October as by Jojo Moyes, about a geous voice who just during which I aim to play a gig and I’d start the day with a walk through part of her Total World Tour. Tickets at lady who cares for a cared about doing his make a musical collaboration in every the forest near my home in Devon with ticketmaster.co.uk. n man who’s paralysed thing. I’m a country country. I’ve covered 126 in three my dogs. I’d then go to Costa Rica to As told to Rob McGibbon and they fall in love. girl too, so I think I years and I have 18 months to go. follow some Morpho butterflies and sit by a waterfall. I’d go home It’s heartbreaking. could relate to him. The misapprehension about yourself for lunch to have my mum’s The piece of wisdom you wish you could erase… That I’m The priority activ- ‘beanie pancakes’, my you would pass on stupid! Boys often think this because ity if you were favourite meal. It’s home- to a child… Base I like flowers and talk about love a lot the Invisible made crepes filled with decisions on your and then they’re shocked that I actu- Woman for a Heinz Baked Beans and I’d go happiness scale. If ally have a brain. day… Cheddar, then baked with about my day, anything comes in under The event that altered the course of tinned tomatoes on top. In not being both- five, don’t do it. your life and character… My mum sell- the afternoon I’d go to the ered by anyone! The poem that touches ing our horse Freddie Mercury Firefly island of São Tomé off the your soul… Sonny’s Let- when I was 12 because we couldn’t west coast of Africa and Right: Otis Redding. tah by Linton Kwesi afford him. That made me think I drink from a coconut on Above right: garden gnomes. Far right: Johnson, the dub poet, needed to earn money. By the time I the beach, then go explor- Morpho butterflies brings me to tears. was 16 I had an album out. ing. Later I’d chill out on s e y imag tt

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