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Oct 2024
42m 44s

Heartstopper’s Joe Locke, the mothers wh...

The Guardian
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Heartstopper’s Joe Locke on trolls, typecasting and turning to the dark side; ‘I wished I were holding a cat and not a baby’: the mothers who regret having kids; and Philippa Perry advises one reader struggling to cope with a rich friend who has become a boastful bore. 
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