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We Weren’t Born To Follow by Bon Jovi.
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Laura Mvula
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To Be Young, Gifted And Black, by Nina Simone.
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A song I wrote years ago called Remember Me With Love.
Chris Packham
English naturalist
Wood warbler – the male's trill song.
Jean Paul Gaultier
French fashion designer
David Bowie's Fashion.
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The way I left English cricket. I was scapegoated for the Ashes tour in 2013-14 and there was a bitter battle between the England Cricket Board and me for a few years.
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