The current issue of Hello! magazine features 12 pages – count them – on a fundraiser Simon Cowell put of for London Music Fund, which puts instruments and tuition in the hands of some of the most deprived children.
Did I say 12 pages?
Must have forgotten to mention the cover. LMF is now the limelight classical charity of the year.
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