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Richard Curtis, the writer, director and father of four on his own school days, and the words of wisdom he gives his children
What was school life like for you"

I feel hugely lucky that I can honestly say those school years were, on the whole, happy. That said ? as throughout the rest of my life ? I wish I?d worked a little less hard and fooled around a little more.
What subject did you enjoy the most"

Definitely English. I always loved the books and poems ? so much so that I rather wore myself out when I was studying and have read very little since.
What is your earliest school memory"

It?s my first memory of all, and extremely traumatic. My mother took my sisters into school in Manila, the Philippines, and the headmistress spotted me, aged three, and said, ?What about him too"? And I was left there, abandoned, that very day. Did you always want to be a writer"

No, when I was younger I wanted to be an actor. I gave what was felt to be a very touching Hermione in The Winter?s Tale at age 13, but perhaps my talent was more for wearing wigs than it was for actual acting, so I ended up doing the writing thing.
Did you go to boarding school or day school"

We lived all over the world when I was a child, so when I was younger I went to day schools in Manila and Stockholm, then to boarding school in Ascot before ending up at Harrow.
Acting was the original plan for this English and poetry fan
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