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When our baby took to the boob for the first time: happy tears at him having his first feed, but also sad at the thought of how many more boobs he’ll seek out before he’s truly happy.
Reading a newspaper.
Singing Abide With Me at the funeral of Bruce Reynolds [ringleader of the Great Train Robbery], March 2013.
The last time I really sobbed was watching Daniel Radcliffe’s documentary about his stuntman on the Harry Potter movies [David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived].
In my childhood, when I didn’t think about whether it was happy. It just was.
A birthday present I hoped would mean a lot to the person. I had their family history researched and a book made.
I’ve been to two postmortems in real life, and spent the last 14 years talking about death at work – so, pretty close.
Any writer who thinks I’ve ruined their work in performance.
Dawn French, because I am sitting next to her and she says if I don’t say her, she will hurt me.
I would like the poem Cherish by Raymond Carver. It was read by my dad at my wedding, and is my absolute favourite.
Alison Steadman, Michael Ball, Edward Fox, Pauline McLynn, Tom Ellis, Julie Andrews
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