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We Weren’t Born To Follow by Bon Jovi.
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Rick Stein
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Sanctus from Fauré's Requiem.
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Yayoi Kusama’s Manhattan Suicide Addict.
Patricia Hodge
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One of my favourite songs is Being Alive, from Company by Stephen Sondheim, but it would hardly be appropriate.
Tom Ellis
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Another One Bites The Dust.
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Being charged by a white rhino on a walking safari. It came running towards us and I froze, which is the right thing to do. If it had hit us, it would have been goodnight.
Cars. I’ve got a Tesla at the moment.
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