The musician and composer on Beatle drinks, his dad’s pancakes and competitive eating with Sanjeev Bhaskar
I was very skinny as a child, in fact, I looked pretty much like a beanpole until I left school. My mum went to see the doctor and I was given tablets to help my appetite. But they didn’t change anything and I had to pretend they helped.
Mum has an incredible knowledge of Indian food and I grew up with her cooking a real variety of it. I had a really sweet tooth and still do. My dad watched a TV programme called A Spoonful of Sugar and he would give me spoonfuls of sugar, saying they were good for me.
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