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Listening to the last 10 minutes of the podcast S-Town. It is one of my favourite reminders of what life is truly all about.
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Watching Britain's Got Talent.
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This morning. Thinking of my wife.
I genuinely can’t remember crying.
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I would like the poem Cherish by Raymond Carver. It was read by my dad at my wedding, and is my absolute favourite.
Dawn French, because I am sitting next to her and she says if I don’t say her, she will hurt me.
In my childhood, when I didn’t think about whether it was happy. It just was.
A birthday present I hoped would mean a lot to the person. I had their family history researched and a book made.
A cellist, inspired by my mum and dad’s friendship with Jacqueline du Pré, and seeing a documentary about her.
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