Lesley Sharp
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Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton.
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I want people to really, really cry so The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams.
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Beverley Knight
Singer and stage actor
It’s another bloody Prince song, I’m so sorry – Mountains. I love how the chord structure ascends and the vocals – “It’s only mountains and the sea / There’s nothing greater than you and me” – feel like an ascension. I’d like to think, when I shuffle off this mortal coil, I’m going to be ascending as opposed to descending. I think I’ve been a good girl.
Meg Rosoff
American novelist
Reasons To Be Cheerful, by Ian Dury.
Zoe Ball
British TV and radio personality
That’s All by Mel Tormé.
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To my husband for all the huffing and puffing.
It would be lovely if people thought I was kind.
I was very ill with anorexia when I was a teenager. I went into hospital voluntarily, otherwise they were going to section me.
When I was 15, I went to a rugby match at Twickenham with my dad and we went back to his friend Hugh’s house and Hugh made me a perfect cup of tea. I just remember feeling really happy because it was such a brilliant day and I loved being with my dad.
The fans’ reaction at the end of Game Of Thrones because I think it was brilliant.
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