Rita Streich
Rita Streich on being held tight by her mother as wolves approached the sledge in Siberia
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Rita Streich on being held tight by her mother as wolves approached the sledge in Siberia
Catherine Gavin on the grenadier guards saluting de Gaulle in liberated Paris
Clifford Curzon on his first paid performance in a freezing Kennington church
Victoria de los Angeles on her father convincing a priest to combine her mother's and uncle's names
Anna Raeburn on expecting Laurence Olivier to discover her on her 17th birthday
Shinwell on the generals who threatened to resign when he arrived at the War Office
Lennox Berkeley on Nadia Boulanger showing him what was missing in his music
Charles Aznavour on selling chocolate and stockings on the black market during the occupation
How 13 episodes of a television series made Robert Hardy wish for a desert island
George MacDonald Fraser on the waterfall accident that helped him finish Flashman
How Gerald Ellison handled the Oxford sinking in the Boat Race
How Margaret Thatcher volunteered to lead her party when no one else would
Amadeus String Quartet on their debut concert that turned people away
How a last-minute casting for The Merry Wives of Windsor brought Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson together
Dorothy Edwards on writing her first story aged four and finding it after her grandmother's death
How Nellie Wallace's rude noises inspired Alec Guinness to become an actor
Alan Gemmell on how his mother declared him a botanist after a neighbour's suggestion
Richard Adams on improvising Watership Down on a car journey to see Judi Dench's Viola
Robin Richmond on putting his name down as an organ student to avoid punishment
Deborah Kerr on her first film appearance ending up on the cutting room floor
Jessica Mitford on opening a secret bank account at twelve to run away from home