Alison Steadman
British actress
The Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana.
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Disappear by Beyoncé.
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Simon Le Bon
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I’m torn between Fauré’s Requiem and The Long And Winding Road.
Bill Bailey
Comedian and musician
Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads. When I first heard it at 15, it was different to all the punk I was listening to. When I was starting out in my career, it was all about: ‘How is this possible? How am I doing this?’ Now it’s: ‘Is this my life? How did I get here?’ The lyrics are all about returning full to nature. That’s how I imagine death to be. So that’s what I want at my funeral. And they’ll play Combine Harvester by the Wurzels as people are leaving the church.
Liz Jones
British journalist
Heartbeats, by Jose González.
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The people I never thanked for what they selflessly gave me in my career; when I was younger I just took it for granted.
Travelling Europe with a friend, when I was 29. She was driving and the brakes went, on one of those vertiginous Italian mountains. It was terrifying for the 20 minutes it took to coast down the mountain.
I cried after I won the Booker.
When I met my husband, David, in 2006, on Dating Direct.
A pair of Russell & Bromley boots with studs. I have had them for eight years and wear them all the time.
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