This echolaliac prodigy has absolute pitch and has been described as “the human iPod.” His abilities as a musician are amazing given that he’s both blind and autistic. The cousin of The Duchess of Cornwall’s children, Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes, Paravicini unexpectedly played Big Spender to the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, in 2009 and made legal history when The Court of Protection was opened for the first time in 2010 to discuss his future care. He captivates audiences throughout the land.
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“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.
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Bedales educated, Campbell Bower “always gets a tattoo done whenever [he] finishes a film”. This Londoner’s appeared in The Twilight Saga, Sweeney Tood: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and is the great grandson of Sir John Campbell, Lieutenant Governor of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. […]
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Derek Paravicini is performing at “Champions in the Community” on 8th November 2012. For more information go to: http://thesteepletimes.com/the-fog/celebrating-champions-in-the-community/