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Definitely a Carpenters track.
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Kwame Kwei-Armah
Actor and playwright
Any song by Donny Hathaway.
Kelly Macdonald
Scottish actress
Joe Brown singing I'll See You In My Dreams.
Julia Stiles
American actress
When The Saints Go Marching In, by a New Orleans second line band.
Elaine Paige
English singer and actress
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. And my headstone should read: “Game, set and match.”
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Christmas Day in Nottingham. I am happiest when I am with all of my family, and last year Jonny and I got engaged.
To my teachers, for not paying attention.
Paul Irons, the deputy head at my school, Fernwood comprehensive. He was an inspiration, and still is.
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