Andy Roddick
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At my oldest friend’s wedding.
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The Strictly Come Dancing final almost destroyed me. I was howling all the way through – John and Johannes and then Rose and Giovanni. Oh my God.
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Patricia Hodge
English actress
Two days ago, at a family wedding, remembering Richard, my cousin. He was 11 months younger than me and we were brought up like brother and sister for the first four years of our lives. He died of a brain tumour when he was 55.
John Cooper Clarke
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Singing Abide With Me at the funeral of Bruce Reynolds [ringleader of the Great Train Robbery], March 2013.
Max Whitlock
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At the Olympics, after my floor gold medal.
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View profile →It would have been lovely to have grown up in private like a lot of my friends.
A caravan. I was brought up going on caravan holidays – but we quickly realised that a double-axle caravan was too much of a commitment and sold it.
There are different flavours of happy, but I think my favourite is the quiet contentment when several generations of family are sitting together watching a crowd-pleaser like Harry Potter on the telly.
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
My biggest disappointment is always myself. That’s my Catholic upbringing.
I wanted to be like my dad, who was an academic, because he had an office packed full of books, always had loud music on, and seemed to get to do what he wanted.
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