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Not Just Anyone, The One.

He had mad spiky hair, which I liked.

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If You Ever Get To Heaven You’ll Meet Amanda Atkins

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“We went out on a date one Friday night and he asked me to marry him on the Monday. Over the years, Joe and I have regularly woken to the sound of our children laughing; chatting; playing – and there is no sweeter sound in all the world.”

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Making Molehills Out Of Mountains – The Amputee Chronicles III

He watched as the doors of the train fell on him and severed both his legs. He idly noted that his left arm was on fire and watched it until the flames went out.

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A Comedienne, Actress, Writer and Grumpy Old Woman – Jenny Eclair Interviewed

I do forty minutes then the audience has a stiff drink, then I do another 35 minutes and then I go to a hotel and try not to eat Pringles from the mini-bar.

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The Wall Art of Vintage Ceiling Tiles – Interview with Vanessa Wild

My passion for cartoon character design led to the co-creation of an animation concept called “William’s Wish Wellingtons”, BBC Television bought the rights to it back in 1994.

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Just For The Ride

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Having already told a few people of my intentions I suddenly found it very difficult to back out of my very rough plans. After all, how can a chap about to head off to the South Pole cry off because he feels lonely?

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Happy Ever After Reconstruction Surgery

I became quite ill and then one evening, sitting in front of the mirror, I put my hand to my breast and my hand just sank into the breast, splattering green gunk all over the mirror”. The abscess had burst and Samantha was taken to hospital, but it was here that her troubles really began.

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Janie Dee – Home Grown Award Winning Actress

“I’m so thrilled. I really love coming to Windsor. It’s my home. It just seems like yesterday that my friend Kay and I used to walk down Peascod Street on a Saturday afternoon and get our pictures taken in Woolworth’s.”

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Ed Stafford’s Long Walk into History

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On 2nd April 2008 explorer Ed Stafford began his 4000-mile quest to be the first person to walk the Amazon River from its source, near the Pacific coast in Peru, to its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil.

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What Happens in Tasmania ….

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I had stumbled across the downfall of politicians and former 80s pop icons but hadn’t really believed, until that point, that anyone would really approach a stranger at a public convenience and ask him if he’d like a bit of mano-a-mano-a-mano.

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