Rose Tremain
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Like coming home.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2022 source ↗
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All-embracing: when you find it, you don’t want to let it go.
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Paul McKenna
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The most intensive and beautiful golden sunlight. It’s the strongest force in the universe.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2023 source ↗
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Magical, warm, but also butterflies.
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Cat Deeley
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Heart explosion.
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My ex-wife Caroline, because she found my style of life rather irritating.
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I have asked a fireworks company to put my ashes in a collection of rockets, so I think the right tune is Handel’s firework music.
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