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Castaways who chose this
Mark-Anthony Turnage on the light bulb moment when music clicked aged nine
Ann Dowling on taking her bike apart and losing all the ball bearings
Martina Navratilova on her father telling her at age eight she would win Wimbledon
Barbara Taylor Bradford on having her first story published at the age of ten
Iain Duncan Smith on deciding to run for leader after talking to his wife
Stuart Hall on watching his father being patronised in colonial Jamaica
Neil Simon on his brother predicting at age 15 he’d be America’s best comedy writer
Ken Livingstone on being greeted by the deputy whip as a horrible little monster
Joan Turner on her nervous breakdown from juggling home, husband, and career
How a broken pair led Michael Heseltine to seize the mace
Elaine Paige on her fourth audition for Evita thinking ‘Here we go again’
Barbara Taylor Bradford on the dying friend who inspired her novel Voice of the Heart
Alan King-Hamilton on nearly swooning when he mistook a VC for a KC
Catherine Gavin on the grenadier guards saluting de Gaulle in liberated Paris