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That’s All by Mel Tormé.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗
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If I Can Dream, by Elvis Presley.
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I Gotta Feeling.
Rita Ora
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Frank Sinatra singing My Way.
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Being mum to my awesome children, Woody and Nelly. They make my day, every day. I do joke with them that I’m happy to pay for the therapy they’ll inevitably need in later years due to my terrible parenting.
I only ever wanted to be Barbra Streisand. I probably still do.
All the NHS workers, care home staff and teachers who are the real superheroes of 2020.
As Naughty Grandma – you know, the one who is always causing mischief at Christmas.
The failed attempt at a home perm on myself in the 80s. I wanted to look like Kelly McGillis in Top Gun.
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