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My father describes himself as a Pole of Lithuanian descent. At Southampton University, he read aeronautical engineering and then the family moved to Hong Kong – this was before I was born – where he designed aeroplanes. Back in the U.K., he worked as a civil engineer, although every spare minute was spent researching his family’s history.

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Mum was in her early 50s when she had four strokes in quick succession that almost took her off. I’d just come down from Cambridge with a rubbish degree. I spent a year reading to her – her eyesight was badly affected – and making sure she got proper rest. It was a special time but very intense, too.

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I’m not a trained actor, so there was always going to be a certain amount of bringing my own… I was going to say skills but they’re not really skills, it’s just stuff that I know how to do I suppose.

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May 14, 2024

I’m not a trained actor, so there was always going to be a certain amount of bringing my own… I was going to say skills but they’re not really skills, it’s just stuff that I know how to do I suppose.

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May 14, 2024

Mum was in her early 50s when she had four strokes in quick succession that almost took her off. I’d just come down from Cambridge with a rubbish degree. I spent a year reading to her – her eyesight was badly affected – and making sure she got proper rest. It was a special time but very intense, too.

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