Charlotte Church
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A barrister, a vet or a singer.
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A detective, a train driver on the underground and Leyton Orient’s centre forward.
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Frightening, exhilarating and all-consuming.
Seeing Leyton Orient in the premiership.
Twice I should have died in car accidents when both my cars were written off. I was completely unhurt; the cello was completely unhurt, too. A complete miracle.
Nothing: the good times, the bad times, they make your character.
My cello. At the time, in 1983, it was £192,500.
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