The Bare Necessities.
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The Nutcracker Suite pas de deux.
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Rick Astley
Singer, songwriter and radio presenter
I’d like to go all melodramatic and have Vide cor Meum by Patrick Cassidy from Kingdom Of Heaven. It’s also in another Ridley Scott movie, Hannibal. It’s an operatic piece and absolutely amazing. Obviously Ridley Scott thinks so, too..
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 October 2018 source ↗
Jessica Hynes
British actress and writer
Paprika Plains by Joni Mitchell.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2016 source ↗
Julien Macdonald
Welsh fashion designer
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
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View profile →The reviews of my latest film.
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Watching my two baby dogs play. They are rat terriers, rescue dogs.
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To know whether democracy really will work in the future.
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At three, I knew I was too tall to be a ballerina, so that wasn’t going to happen.
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