Jim Kerr
Scottish singer and songwriter
Like Celtic hitting the back of the net in the 90th minute of a Champions League football match.
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A shimmering bioluminescence that lights up each cell.
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Adam Kay
British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician
When my cold toes drain the heat from his warm ones, but he doesn’t mind at all and is happy for our tarsal temperatures to meet in the middle.
Alison Moyet
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Like hunger, which feels like anxiousness, which feels like fear, which feels like excitement.
David Jason
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Warmth and security.
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Weakness – not to be confused with sensitivity, which is a superpower.
In the first lockdown. Obviously, there was terrible grief and sadness and fear around, but there was also this reclaiming for nature. I was constantly at my allotment with the big kids and my husband.
A barrister, a vet or a singer.
It was a double-edged sword, but being a major-label artist, I felt like a commodity, a thing to be sold.
Procrastination.
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