This singer and writer, 51, on the Spice Girls, white-water rafting – and aiming for Oxford University

The loudest person in the room is an empty vessel. I used to jibber on – a sign of nerves. Now I allow the pauses, and say less than necessary.

Waving came naturally to me. My earliest memory is being pushed down the street in a pram, the rain cover being hit by raindrops, and me waving at the people of Watford.

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