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The Skye Boat Song.
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Beverley Knight
Singer and stage actor
It’s another bloody Prince song, I’m so sorry – Mountains. I love how the chord structure ascends and the vocals – “It’s only mountains and the sea / There’s nothing greater than you and me” – feel like an ascension. I’d like to think, when I shuffle off this mortal coil, I’m going to be ascending as opposed to descending. I think I’ve been a good girl.
Joseph Fiennes
English actor
Jeff Buckley's rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
Sadie Frost
English actress, producer, film director and fashion designer
Come Together, by The Beatles.
Lesley Sharp
British actress
Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton.
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Malala Yousafzai, such a brave young woman who will not be moved from her desire to see leaders everywhere give their young citizens the education they deserve.
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