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Living in the Caribbean during the 60s and 70s with such lovely people.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Simon Russell Beale
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The morning after the opening of Hamlet in New York in 2000. The reviews were good and I actually punched the air – a very un-Simon Russell Beale thing to do.
Billie Piper
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My son's second birthday. It was a typical autumn day – bright sky, cold fingers. He was dressed as a skeleton and we ate chilli in the garden.
Melanie Chisholm
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Becoming a mum quashed so many demons within me, and gave me confidence and a sense of calm.
Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and filmmaker
In 1926 and in the maternity room.
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