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I built up a knowledge of 1960s and \'70s British films because my dad used to work nights, and I\'d sit up with my mum and watch films - \'How I Won the War\' and the films of Richard Lester, Karel Reisz and John Schlesinger.
I built up a knowledge of 1960s and '70s British films because my dad used to work nights, and I'd sit up with my mum and watch films - 'How I Won the War' and the films of Richard Lester, Karel Reisz and John Schlesinger.
 Nick Moran

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I've run out of mates that haven't had a baby now. It does make me think of my parents having a family so young and the fact that I've been able to avoid it for so long. It does make me a feel a little bit selfish.
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