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    Heather Small looks back: ‘James was born in March – by November he was with me on tour’

    Mar 12, 2022 4 minutes
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    Heather Small and her son James in 2000 and 2022. Later photograph: Simon Webb/The Guardian. Styling: Andie Redman. Archive photograph: courtesy of Heather Small

    One of the most instantly recognisable voices of the 90s, singer Heather Small was born in west London in 1965. A chance meeting with Hacienda DJ Mike Pickering led to the formation of M People, who went on to sell more than 10m records of uplifting dance pop. After the birth of her son, James, with rugby player and coach Shaun Edwards, she released a solo album, Proud. James is now the Labour party candidate for Bayswater ward in Westminster, and is on Labour’s Future Candidates Programme. Heather’s solo tour begins on 17

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