My daughter Dolly singing Your Song by Elton John when she was 11. I was filming and the filming is pathetic because you can tell I’m just wobbling with tears. I want everyone to cry at my funeral, including my daughter.
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I’m living for ever, so I won’t be having one. But just in case, I can imagine My Way by Frank Sinatra belting out as I’m cremated or put in the ground.
David Bowie’s Life On Mars.
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I ran 10k once. I’ve got a medal.
As an accomplished dancer and tennis player, because I do neither, so my loved ones would be very confused.
Lack of magnesium.
My mother, Hannah: nearly 82, mother of four, homemaker, retired GP and knitter extraordinaire.
The Guardian’s review of my book.
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