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Last time you exploited your position to get something See Bruce Springsteen, above. Last person you fantasised about Bruce Springsteen.
First three words your friends would use to describe you Funny. First word you spoke Dunno.
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FIRST&LAST JAN RAVENS The impressionist, actress and Celebrity Mastermind winner is set to make her Edinburgh Fringe debut with a show entitled Difficult Woman. Here she tackles Saturday jobs, Springsteen and sunglasses
First record you ever bought ‘Fire Brigade’ by the Move. Last extravagant purchase you made A pair of sunglasses.
First film you saw that really moved you Bambi. Last lie you told The one about the sunglasses.
First movie you ever went on a date to Slade in Flame.
Last time you cried Easier to ask last time I didn’t cry.
First crush John Lennon.
Last book you read Commonwealth by Ann Patchett. First great piece of advice you were given Never eat anything bigger than your head.
Last time you were starstruck Standing at the side of the stage at Wembley watching Bruce Springsteen sing ‘Born to Run’. Best moment ever. First thing you’d do if you ran the country Get back into Europe.
Last meal on earth Pasta puttanesca.
Last time you made an impulse buy and regretted it An exercise machine off the telly.
First concert you ever attended Gilbert O’Sullivan with my dad. Last time you bought someone flowers An armful of abundant tulips for a friend who was cooking for me.
First object you’d save from your burning home My dog Thora. Last time someone criticised your work Showing a YouTube film I’d made to my friends Ann and Helen.
Last crime you committed Speeding. First book you read for a second time Huffetty Puffetty, a children’s book my mum read to me in the early 60s.
Last song at your funeral ‘Some Other Time’ from On the Town.
First person you’d thank in an awards acceptance speech My mum. Last thing you think of before you go to sleep ‘I wonder if I need a wee’.
First thing you think of when you wake up in the morning ‘I need a wee’.
From where we’re sitting, it seems a long time until Glasgow’s summer music season and Edinburgh’s festival extravaganza draw to a close. But September will be on us before we know it so we’re already preparing to deliver you quality wares. From an essential guide to student life to the top cultural highlights for the autumn and onto some spooky goings-on at Hallowe’en, our next two- month issue will keep you bang up-to-date with what’s happening out there.
First song you’ll sing at karaoke ‘Thank You for the Music’ by Abba. First job Saturday girl in the Peter Pan ladies and children’s clothes shop in Hoylake.
Jan Ravens: Difficult Woman is at Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh, Wed 2–Sun 27 Aug (not Wed 16).
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