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Very recently, when a graduate at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology gave the most brilliant speech on behalf of the students at our first graduation.
I cry when I am overtired.
At John Fortune's funeral. They played Flanders and Swann's Slow Train ("We won't be meeting again") and my heart broke.
Reading aloud the last two pages of a book about Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell. It was about his relationship with his cat, and a letter to a friend whose dog had died. It’s about letting the unexpected happen to you, and how that can really be what life is about.
Not taking more time out from work for holidays.
When I was a kid with no responsibilities.
My mum, for putting up with me all my life.
Thinking about life.
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, by Roberta Flack.
Steffi Graf, Joe Wicks, Andy Roddick, Ian Wright, Lleyton Hewitt, Max Whitlock
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