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Harvey Brownstone Interviews Patrick Cassidy, Stage/Screen Star, Son of Shirley Jones & Jack Cassidy May 23, 2024

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Patrick Cassidy, Broadway, Movie & TV Star, Son of Shirley Jones & Jack Cassidy

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Patrick Cassidy, is a popular actor and singer who’s been dazzling the world of stage and screen with his remarkable talent, charisma and versatility for over 4 decades.

And his talent comes as no surprise, given that he is a member of Hollywood royalty. He’s the son of the beloved and legendary entertainers Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones.

His body of work in musical theatre is incredibly impressive. On Broadway, he starred in “The Pirates of Penzance”, “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Aida”, “42nd Street” and “Leader of the Pack”, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor. He’s also starred in national tours of some of those shows I just mentioned, and in fact he won the National Broadway Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Touring Musical for his performance in “Aida”, before playing the role on Broadway.

He originated the role of “The Balladeer” in the Off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's “Assassins”. And he has starred in numerous other theatrical productions including “The Sound of Music”, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, “The Robber Bridegroom”, “Company”, and “The Threepenny Opera”, for which he was nominated for the Garland Award for Best Actor. On the big screen, he’s appeared in “Off the Wall”, “Nickel Mountain”, “Fever Pitch”, “Love at Stake”, “Man of Her Dreams”, “A One Time Thing”, and of course, the brilliant, groundbreaking Oscar-nominated movie, “Longtime Companion”. On television, you’ve seen him in many movies, TV series and miniseries including: “Midnight Offerings”, “Angel Dusted”, “Dress Gray”, “Dirty Dancing”, “Napoleon & Josephine”, “Hitler’s Daughter”, “Ruby & The Rockits” and many more.

Our guest is also the artistic director of the renowned Studio Tenn Theatre Company in Franklin, Tennessee.

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Harvey Brownstone Interview with Burt Kearns, Author, “Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel” May 21, 2024

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Marlon Brando Biographer, Burt Kearns, Author, “Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Burt Kearns, is an award-winning producer, director, writer, journalist and author who is perhaps best known for his work in nonfiction television and film -- most recently as a creator and executive producer of the popular sports docuseries, “Breaking the Ice”.

He’s also worked on many other series and specials including “Who Do You Believe?”, “Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura”, “Guinness World Records Unleashed”, “Joe Rogan Questions Everything”, “TIME Presents: Celebrities on Trial”, “The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll” with Gene Simmons, “All The Presidents’ Movies”, and “El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle”.

His film credits include the documentaries “Death of A Beatle”, about the death of John Lennon, and “The Seventh Python”, for which he won the Las Vegas Film Festival Golden Ace Award. He also co-wrote and produced the feature film, “Cloud 9”, and he produced “High There”, for which he won the Cannabis Film Festival Viewers' Choice Award. He’s an Emmy Award winning newswriter, and he served as managing editor and producer of the highly popular TV shows, “A Current Affair” and “Hard Copy”.

Our guest is also a highly acclaimed author. His first book, “Tabloid Baby” traces his instrumental role in the evolution of the tabloid television genre. He and Jeff Abraham then co-wrote “The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage”. That book was followed by “Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy”.

And now he’s here to talk about his brand new book entitled, “Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel”, which canvases the profound and pervasive impact that Marlon Brando had, not only on the acting community, but on Western society and popular culture, because of his artistic and personal decisions.

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Harvey Brownstone Interview with Sheena Easton, Music Superstar May 15, 2024

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Music Superstar Sheena Easton

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Sheena Easton, is an iconic and beloved, multi-gold and platinum singer, recording artist and actress who’s been dazzling the world for over 4 decades, selling over 20 million records worldwide, winning 2 Grammy awards, a Billboard Music Award, 4 more Grammy Award nominations and an American Music Award nomination.

She was the first – and still the only – artist in Billboard history to have a top 5 hit on all five major Billboard charts: Pop, Adult Contemporary, Country, R&B and Dance. She’s recorded 15 studio albums containing 55 hit singles, and she’s also been featured in 14 hit soundtrack albums.

She’s brought us a string of mega hits including “Morning Train”, “We’ve Got Tonight”, “For Your Eyes Only”, “You Could Have Been With Me”, “Modern Girl”, “Telephone”, “Strut”, “Almost Over You”, “The Lover in Me”, and dozens more. She’s recorded hit single duets with Prince, Kenny Rogers, Luis Miguel, Barry Manilow, and she’s worked with everyone from David Foster and L.A. Reid to Babyface and Nyle Rodgers.

Our guest is also a highly accomplished actress, having appeared in “Body Bags”, “Highlander”, “Brisco County”, “Outer Limits”, “Young Blades” and many more TV shows and movies. And yes, she appeared in 5 episodes of “Miami Vice”, and she played “Caitlin Davies“, who ended up marrying “Sonny Crockett”, played by Don Johnson. And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest has starred on Broadway in “Man of La Mancha” and “Grease”, and in London’s West End, she starred in “42nd Street”.

Over the years our guest has had numerous hugely successful Las Vegas residencies, and she was recently inducted into the Las Vegas Hall Of Fame. She is currently on a concert tour, performing for sold out audiences throughout the world.

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Harvey Brownstone Interview with Alonso Duralde, Film Critic, Podcaster, Author, “Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film” May 13, 2024

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Alonso Duralde, Film Critic, Podcaster, Author, “Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Alonso Duralde, is a renowned film critic, journalist, author and podcaster whose movie reviews and commentaries have brought him great respect, both within the film industry and among the general public.

He’s held a number of prestigious positions, including artistic director at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, arts and entertainment editor at The Advocate magazine, film critic for MSNBC.com, senior film critic for The Wrap, and featured critic for Rotten Tomatoes. He co-hosted the T Y T Network program “What the Flick”, and he’s been a writer and editor for The Village Voice, Movieline, and Detour Magazine.

Currently, he’s the Chief US Film Critic for The Film Verdict. In 2005 our guest wrote a great book entitled, “A Hundred and One Must-See Movies for Gay Men”. Five years later, he published another really fun book called “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas”, which highlights the best – and worst – movies of the Yuletide season. A few years ago he followed that up with another wonderful book that he co-authored, entitled, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas Movies”.

And now, he’s released his brand new book published by TCM entitled, “Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film”. This meticulously researched and beautifully written book reveals the fascinating and often suppressed history of the evolution of queer culture on film, spanning from the dawn of cinema, through the “pansy craze” of the 1930s, the Red Scare of the ‘50s, the New Queer Cinema of the ‘90s, all the way up to today, chronicling the evolution of LGBTQ+ storytelling.

This comprehensive book is entertaining and insightful, and highlights the most important, groundbreaking movies, and showcases the achievements not only of the actors, but also the writers, directors, producers, and others behind the scenes, whose achievements defined and exemplified the best of the film industry.

Our guest is a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, and he currently co-hosts THREE highly popular podcasts: “Linoleum Knife”, “Maximum Film” and “Breakfast All Day”. He’s also appeared on CNN, PBS, TCM, ABC, in addition to being featured in numerous documentaries.

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https://www.thewrap.com/author/alonso-duralde/

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Harvey Brownstone Interview with Katharine Kramer, Actress & Producer, Daughter of Stanley Kramer May 10, 2024

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Katharine Kramer, Actress, Producer, Activist, Daughter of Stanley Kramer

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Steve Guttenberg, is a member of Hollywood royalty, and a multi-award winning actress, singer, journalist, producer and humanitarian who is most definitely following in the groundbreaking footsteps of her father, the legendary director and producer, Stanley Kramer, because she’s having a stellar career that exemplifies what it means to make a significant difference in the world.

Her film credits include “Going Shopping”, “Hollywood Dreams”, “What Just Happened?”, “Little Fockers”, “Turnover”, for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Love International Film Festival, “Fate’s Shadow: The Whole Story”, for which she was named “Best Supporting Actress” at the Actors and Directors International Film Festival, “Rings of the Unpromised”, for which she won 5 prestigious film festival awards - 4 for Best Supporting Actress and one for Best Ensemble, and the multi-award winning “Mother’s Day Memories”, which won 4 distinguished film festival awards.

On television, you’ve seen her in many shows including “Child of the 70s”, “Larry King Live”, “Actors Entertainment”, “Meet the Biz”, and “Call me Kate”, the wonderful Netflix documentary about her godmother and namesake, the legendary Katharine Hepburn. On the stage, our guest has starred in 4 popular one-woman-shows, and she won awards for her roles as Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker” and Anne Frank in “The Diary Of Anne Frank”, as well as starring in “David And Lisa”, “Great Expectations”, “The Lark” and “The Vagina Monologues”.

She’s also a very gifted singer, and has recorded a wonderful album called “Gemstone”, featuring songs by Mick Jagger.

In 2009, she founded a Cinema Series called “Kat Kramer’s Films That Change the World”, showcasing movies that raise awareness about highly relevant and thought-provoking social issues like women’s equality, animal welfare, bullying, school violence and much more. Our guest has received many honours including the Compassion Award from the Braveheart Women, and a Golden Spirit Award from the Atomic Age Cinema Fest.

In 2015 she established the Hunt For Humanity Award in honour of actress and activist Marsha Hunt, which is given to an actor or filmmaker who uses their voice for social change. She’s a founding board member of the Palm Springs International Comedy Festival, and she serves on the advisory boards of the LA Press Club and the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival. And if all of that weren’t enough, I can’t resist mentioning that in 1990, our guest was Miss Golden Globe.

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Harvey Brownstone Interview with Steve Guttenberg, Award Winning Actor, Author, “Time to Thank” May 08, 2024

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Steve Guttenberg, Award Winning Actor, Author, “Time to Thank: Caregiving for my Hero”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Steve Guttenberg, is a beloved and multi-award winning actor, producer, director and author who’s brought us dozens of memorable performances in classic movies including “The Boys From Brazil”, “Diner”, “Cocoon”, “Short Circuit”, “Bedroom Window”, “Surrender”, “Three Men and a Baby”, “Roe v. Wade” and of course, the four great “Police Academy” movies.

He also wrote, directed, produced and starred in “PS Your Cat is Dead”. And for his performance in “A Novel Romance”, he won a Best Actor Award from the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.

On TV you’ve seen him in many shows and movies including “To Race the Wind”, “Miracle on Ice”, “The Day After”, “Veronica Mars”, “Law and Order: Criminal Intent”, “Sons of Liberty”, “Ballers”, “The Goldbergs” and “Party Down”, for which he was nominated for a Gold Derby Award for Best Guest Comedy Actor. And of course, we all remember his amazing performances on Season 6 of “Dancing with the Stars”.

And on the stage, he starred in “The Boys Next Door” in London's West End, and “Prelude to a Kiss” and “Honeymoon Motel” on Broadway, as well as “Furthest From The Sun”, “Henry the 4th” and numerous other theatrical productions. He earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for producing an episode of the CBS Schoolbreak Special called “Gangs”. And in 2011, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest is also a best selling author. His first book, “The Guttenberg Bible”, is a comedic account of his first 10 years in the film industry. He then wrote a terrific children’s book called “The Kids from DISCO”, and on May 21, his brand new book, entitled, “Time to Thank: Caregiving for my Hero”, will be released. The book is a heartwarming and at times heart wrenching memoir of our guest’s unbreakable bond with his wise, loving and devoted father – his hero – as he chronicles his newfound role as a caregiver in his father’s final years, reflecting on their eventful life together, and the enduring impact of their extraordinarily close relationship. Our guest is also a renowned philanthropist.

He started the Guttenhouse Project, which provides housing in Los Angeles for foster care youth when they turn 18. He also organized a campaign to provide glasses for children whose families cannot afford vision care. In fact, the Entertainment Industry Foundation selected him to be Ambassador for Children's Issues, because of his work on behalf of children and the homeless. In addition, he has served as an honourary board member of the Lymphatic Education & Research Network. And he’s also a passionate advocate for animal welfare, through his work with the Fun Paw Care organization. In 2008, he received the Tony Randall Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in the entertainment industry, as well as his community service.

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Chris Lemmon, Son of Legendary Actor, Jack Lemmon, Actor & Author, “A Twist of Lemmon: A Memoir” Apr 30, 2024

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Chris Lemmon, Son of Legendary Actor, Jack Lemmon, Actor & Author, “A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father"

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Chris Lemmon, an actor, producer and author who’s appeared in many movies including “Airport ‘77”, “Seems Like Old Times”, “Uncommon Valor”, “Swing Shift”, “Cannonball Run 2”, “Weekend Warrior”, “Lena’s Holiday”, “Roe vs Wade”, and 2 very special movies, “That’s Life” and “Dad”, in which he appeared with his legendary father, 2-time Academy Award winner Jack Lemmon, who’s been immortalized in movies like “Mr. Roberts”, “Save the Tiger”, “The Apartment”, “Irma LaDouce”, “The Odd Couple”, “The China Syndrome”, “Glengarry Glen Ross”, and of course, the greatest comedy film of all time, “Some Like it Hot”.

In fact, our guest portrayed his father in a re-enactment of his time on the set of “Some Like it Hot”, in the Marilyn Monroe biopic, “Blonde”.

On television, our guest has brought us many memorable roles including “Checko” in “Brothers and Sisters”, “Richard Philips” in “Duet” and “Open House”, “Jeff Cameron” in “Knots Landing”, and “Martin Brubaker”, better known as “Bru”, in “Thunder in Paradise”. On the stage, he’s starred in “Barefoot in the Park”, “Shay”, “Love Letters”, and his highly acclaimed one-man show “Twist of Lemmon”, based on his best selling, highly compelling and heartwarming 2006 memoir entitled, “A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to my Father”.

He also wrote, produced and hosted the wonderful documentary film, “Magic Time”, which is all about the brilliant artistry of Jack Lemmon.

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Harvey Brownstone Interview with Tina Sinatra, Daughter of the Legendary Frank Sinatra Apr 25, 2024

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Tina Sinatra, Daughter of the Legendary Frank Sinatra

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Tina Sinatra, is a member of Hollywood royalty. She’s the youngest child of the most beloved vocalist and entertainer of all time – Frank Sinatra.

As an actress, she appeared in a number of TV shows including “Romeo and Julia ‘70”, “It Takes a Thief”, “Adam-12”, “Mannix” and “Fantasy Island”. But she has devoted most of her life and career to managing, advancing and honouring the spectacular legacy and body of work of her father’s monumental career.

She was the executive producer of the fabulous, star-studded TV Special “Sinatra 75: The Best is Yet to Come”, celebrating her father’s 75th birthday. She also executive produced the highly acclaimed miniseries, “Sinatra” which was nominated for 9 Emmy awards and won 2, in addition to winning a Golden Globe Award for best television miniseries. And she served as executive producer on the TV movie “Young at Heart” and was a producer of the 2004 remake of the movie “The Manchurian Candidate”.

In addition, our guest has been instrumental in a number of initiatives and projects which have kept Frank Sinatra’s historic contribution to pop culture relevant and current, such as establishing the Frank Sinatra Hall at the USC Campus, arranging for her father’s film, TV and audiotape collection to be donated to the UCLA archives, and orchestrating a terrific Grammy museum exhibit called “Sinatra: An American Icon”, which toured across America.

She’s been involved in bringing us wonderful multimedia concert productions at Radio City Music Hall and the London Palladium, as well as the Twyla Tharp dance extravaganza “Come Fly Away”, which had hugely successful runs on Broadway and in Las Vegas. In her role as senior Board member of Frank Sinatra Enterprises, which manages the licensing and usage of her father’s name, likeness, recordings and films, she’s been a tremendous support in the creation of the Emmy-nominated, 2-part HBO documentary “Sinatra: All or Nothing at All”.

She was instrumental in the launch of the immensely popular Siriusly Sinatra channel, which is channel 70 on SiriusXM, as well as the iconic Sinatra Bar and Lounge in Nashville, AND the exciting new show, “Sinatra: The Musical”, which made its world premiere last year in England.

And if all of that weren’t enough, she wrote a highly compelling, insightful and poignant New York Times Bestselling book entitled, “My Father’s Daughter: A Memoir”, which was revised in 2015 to commemorate Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday.

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Harvey Brownstone Interview with Stacy Keach, Legendary Actor Apr 20, 2024

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Stacy Keach, Legendary Actor

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Stacy Keach, is a legendary actor who’s given us dozens of unforgettable performances in a career that spans over 6 decades.

He’s widely considered to be America’s finest classical actor, having tackled the most challenging Shakespearean roles including Hamlet, Richard the 3rd, MacBeth, King Lear and Henry the 4th. He has starred in many other highly acclaimed theatrical productions including “Incident at Vichy”, “The Country Wife”, “MacBird”, “Indians”, “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”, “Deathtrap”, “The Kentucky Cycle”, “Other Desert Cities”, “Death of a Salesman”, “Art” and “Love Letters”.

On the big screen, he’s appeared in dozens of great movies including “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”, “Doc”, “Fat City”, “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean”, “The New Centurions”, “Up in Smoke” and the sequel, “Nice Dreams”, “That Championship Season”, “Escape from L.A.”, “American History X”, “W”, “The Bourne Legacy”, “Nebraska”, “Gold”, and many more.

And on television, aside from his groundbreaking role as everybody’s favourite private detective, “Mike Hammer”, we also remember him in “Die Gang”, “Titus”, “Prison Break”, “Lights Out”, “Crowded”, “Man with a Plan”, and “Blue Bloods”. He’s also starred in many renowned miniseries including “Jesus of Nazareth”, “The Blue and the Gray”, “Princess Daisy”, “Mistral’s Daughter”, “Hemingway”, “Blackbeard”, “Meteor”, and “Tokyo Trial”. And who can forget his wonderful audio podcast series, “The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas”.

In 2013 he wrote a highly compelling, fascinating and insightful memoir entitled, “All in All: An Actor’s Life On and Off the Stage”.

The list of awards and accolades this man has received is jaw-dropping. He’s won 4 Drama Desk Awards, 3 Vernon Rice Awards, 2 Helen Hayes Awards, a Hollywood Film Award, a Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, a Mary Pickford Award, the German Independence Honorary Award and a Star of Excellence at the Oldenburg Film Festival. He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the San Diego Film Festival and the St. Lewis International Film Festival.

In the year 2000, he received the prestigious Millennium Recognition Award from Shakespeare Theatre Company for his outstanding contribution to classical theatre. In 2012 he became George Mason University’s first Heritage Professor of Stage and Screen.

In 2015, our guest was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. And in 2019, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Harvey Brownstone Interview with Lesley Nicol, Downton Abbey’s “Mrs. Patmore” Apr 16, 2024

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Lesley Nicol, Renowned Actress, Downton Abbey’s “Mrs. Patmore”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Lesley Nicol, is a beloved actress from England, whose show-stopping portrayal of “Mrs. Patmore” on the iconic television series “Downton Abbey”, and the 2 feature films that followed, has contributed enormously to the popularity and success of that wonderful show.

She and her fellow “Downton Abbey” cast members received 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. But beyond “Downton Abbey”, our guest has done much, much more in her remarkable career.

On stage in London’s West End, she played “Rosie” in the original production of the international smash hit show, “Mama Mia”. She originated the role of “Kath” in “Our House”, based on the music of Madness. She played “Little Buttercup” in the revival of “HMS Pinafore”. And she originated the role of the nosy neighbour, “Auntie Annie”, not only in the play, “East is East”, but also in the multi-award winning 1999 film and in the sequel, “West is West”. On television, besides “Downton Abbey”, she’s appeared in dozens of series, mini-series and TV movies including “The Practice”, “The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe”, “Staying Alive”, “Casualty”, “Shameless”, “The Bill”, “Heartbeat”, “Hot in Cleveland”, “The Catch”, “Beecham House”, and many more. And you may also recognize her as “Aunt Tea” from a series of TV commercials for Tetley tea. Our guest is also very well known for her dedicated service to several important charities. She is a UK Ambassador for “Animals Asia”, which is devoted to ending the barbaric practice of bear bile farming, and to improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. She is also an ambassador for Medical Detection Dogs, which trains dogs to detect human disease and to assist people to manage complex medical conditions.

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http://www.lesleynicol.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/lesley_nicol

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