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Martin Evans on receiving his Nobel Prize call in his oldest clothes with a sander
Barbara Taylor Bradford on having her first story published at the age of ten
Shirley Anne Field on wiping off her make-up to land her role in The Entertainer
Evelyn Glennie on telling musical intervals by where she feels them in her feet
Geoffrey Howe on convincing Labour voters that Tories don't have horns, tails or cloven hooves
Christopher Reeve on his first stage role as a boy soprano in Gilbert and Sullivan
Alan King-Hamilton on nearly swooning when he mistook a VC for a KC
Marisa Robles on winning a radio competition at nine only to have her bicycle prize taken away
David Shepherd on raising £46,000 in one evening for a poacher-catching helicopter
How walking down the main street of Chipping Camden taught Gordon Russell more than school
Leslie Baily on persuading Marconi to recount his first transatlantic wireless signal