Lord Palumbo
How a request to paint fingernails on a Paris flight led Peter Palumbo to his wife
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1990s
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How a request to paint fingernails on a Paris flight led Peter Palumbo to his wife
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Peter Fluck and Roger Law on splitting their desert island by the high tide
Alfred Eisenstadt on being hoisted 142 feet into a rainforest tree to photograph from a platform
Princess Michael of Kent on having a cat in her pocket when she was rescued
Ian Richardson on dropping his rifle on a polished boot and being knocked unconscious
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Claudio Abbado on deciding to become a conductor at age seven after hearing his first concert at La Scala
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