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At drama school, a casting director asked the class to walk round the room one at a time, and we had to imagine who they might be. The two before me were described as a doctor and a businessman, but when it came to me, they said homeless person. That was when I thought I'd better do something about my appearance! Gwilym Lee

Time Me Class Director Doctor Better School Walk Thought Before Drama Drama School About Something Casting Had Said Came Were Person Room Might Asked Who Businessman Appearance Homeless Round Two Imagine

I have a huge family of friends, and they are all best. Gwilym Lee

Best Family Huge Friends

My parents have always been incredibly supportive, driving me back and forth to Stratford and so on. They realised from an early age that I wouldn't go into medicine because I couldn't do biology and chemistry. Gwilym Lee

Me Age Parents Chemistry Biology Medicine Incredibly Back Driving Supportive Because Always Go Been Realised Forth Stratford Early Early Age

There are four of us, and we were all born in different cities because my dad worked all around the place. We settled in Birmingham, so I spent most of my time growing up there. We were all given very Welsh names - Geraint, Owen, Rhiannon and Gwilym. My mum's called Cainwen, and my dad is somewhat disappointingly called Tom. Gwilym Lee

Time Birmingham Settled Spent Cities All-Around Born Given My Time Somewhat Names Most Because Around Welsh Were Up Very Different Place Us Worked Tom Dad Growing Growing Up Mum Four

I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar. Henry Morton Stanley

Man Gone White Enter About Fact Had Soon Over Known American Intended Africa Even Zanzibar Incognito

But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape. Henry Morton Stanley

Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there. Henry Vaughan

Home Man Ride Care Earth Says Run Scarce Hath Restless About He Toys Tied Knows How Still Go Nor Irregular Quite Forgot Where Either Place Doth Far Root Ever

So stick up ivy and the bays, and then restore the heathen ways, green will remind you of the Spring, though this great day denies the thing, and mortifies the earth, and all, but your wild revels, and loose hall. Henry Vaughan

Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen. Henry Vaughan

World Men Pen Had Caesar Perished Been His Rescued Sword

They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here. Henry Vaughan

Alone World Light Sit Gone Lingering Here

This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job. Ian Hislop

You Win Job Down Think Worthwhile Accept Huge Huge Amount Friends Very Quite Certainly Deep Deep Down Enjoyable Amount

Internet journalism is not a world we know very well at all. It's conducted more on the screen and less in bars, which makes it rather less useful for getting stories about people throwing up over one another, which is what one's after. Ian Hislop

They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in unless I'm convinced by the people who write them that they're true. And if I'm wrong, then so be it. Ian Hislop

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