Simon Bird
English actor and comedian
Candle In The Wind.
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Feel Like Going Home by Charlie Rich.
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Anna Friel
English actress
Weird Fishes by Radiohead.
Lorraine Pascale
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Desafinado, by Julie London.
Julie Andrews
English actress, singer and author
Something triumphant, I couldn’t tell you what but something vibrant and joyous.
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Corbyn losing the 2019 election.
I have a nice life but if everybody else had a better quality of life, too, Britain would be a nicer place.
Standing on stage in between Robert Young and Andrew Innes, blasting away.
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