Singer-songwriter Betty Boo looks back: I was very naive in the 90s. It was only years later I realised people were on loads of drugs'

"It was an exciting and surreal moment when this photograph was taken. I had just won a Brit award...the cold had kept me awake...there was so much attention on me it felt as if I was the bride at a wedding."

"Hiding behind a larger-than-life character is a way to navigate certain events. I was, and still am, painfully shy...I ended with: God bless Des O'Connor!"

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