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- ↑ "Who Do You Think You Are? – Tracey Emin, BBC One – The Arts Desk". Theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ↑ Derek Watts, Country Boy: A Biography of Albert Lee, Jefferson, NC; McFarland & Co., pp.6–9.