This British singer-songwriter was born in Colombo, Sir Lanka whilst her father was there working for Kodak. Influenced by Elton John and Kate Bush, she began her career touring with Bobby Womack but it was her 1991 single, “Promise Me,” that catapulted Craven into the big time. After a period raising a family, she’s now back in the business and even appeared with her daughter, Mollie, on ITV’s Take Me Out in February 2012.
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Angela Lansbury
“An amalgam of British, Irish and American”, twice married actress Angela Lansbury was born in London and has a career that has spanned seven decades.
Peter Czernin
A property heir turned film director. Czernin is a scion of the de Walden £2.4 billion property dynasty but is better known as the producer of In Brgues and Piccadilly Jim. A friend of David Cameron, Czernin took over Avington Park, his family’s ancestral seat, in October 2013 and plainly was the perfect choice to […]
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Beverley is performing at the Champions in the Community fundraising event for charities supported by Miller Philanthropy and the Centre for Social Justice this Thursday, the 8th November. For more details go to: http://thesteepletimes.com/the-fog/celebrating-champions-in-the-community/