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Life lessons: actor Brian Cox on what life so far has taught him

Graeme Green

created: July 7, 2025, 5 a.m. | updated: July 22, 2025, 6:55 a.m.

What makes me angry … Poverty, and the way people are treated, the way people are written off. I went to a school where I was probably trained to be ignored but I will not be ignored. I think life is about work. Brian Cox stars in Make it Happen, a new satirical play about the Royal Bank of Scotland’s role in the 2008 financial crash. Image: David VintinerMy parents taught me … My mother had a great sense of humour and my dad was wonderfully kind.

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