SPRING
THE
PULSE
l
29
KT
TUNST
ALL
IS
feeling
guilty
.
She8217s
already
stood
me
up
twice
this
week
and
apologises
for
behaving
lik
e
a
bit
of
a
diva
.
8220I8217v
e
had
a
s**t
stor
m
with
work
.
Everybody
was
shouting
at
everyone
else
so
it
wasn8217t
a
great
time
and
I8217m
very
sorry
I
had
to
move
it.8221
It?
On
two
occasions
she8217s
had
to
cancel,
but
I
don8217t
quibble,
or
hold
it
against
her
.
How
can
I
begrudge
a
pop
star
who
,
last
year
,
sold
a
shedload
of
records
on
two
At
lantic
shores
and
then
gave
up
Christmas
Eve
for
the
poorly
do
ze
ns
in
si
de
Ed
in
bu
rg
h
Sick
Kids
Hospital?
In
De
ce
mb
er
20
07
,
th
e
32
-y
ea
r-
old
singer
-
songwriter
found
herself
with
an
unheard-of
three
weeks8217
holiday
so
,
lik
e
a
wandering
minstrel,
she
chose
a
hospital
for
her
ne
xt
gig.
With
acoustic
guitar
in
hand,
she
meandered
through
the
wards,
singing
to
bedridden
and
disabled
children.
But
it
wasn8217t
the
first
time
sh
e
ha
d
se
re
na
de
d
th
e
si
ck
ly
.
As
pa
rt
of
a
scheme
set
up
by
Origins,
the
eco-friendly
cosmetics
company
,
she
had
already
toured
children8217s
hospitals
in
America
in
2007.
8220It
doesn8217t
mak
e
me
horribly
upset
and
I
should
probably
use
that.
I
really
feel
for
the
kids
but
I
find
it
an
ener
gising
thing.
I
feel
lik
e
I8217m
doing
something
useful
with
everything
that8217s
happened.8221
One
little
resident
called
Hamish
struck
a
chord.
He
couldn8217t
move,
or
even
turn
his
head
round
to
see
her
,
so
the
boy8217s
mum
rushed
over
to
turn
him
around.
8220It
was
one
of
the
biggest
smiles
I
had
ever
seen
in
my
life,8221
KT
says.
8220It
was
a
real-
ly
special
moment
for
me.
It
was
fantast
ic
to
give
[the
children]
something
to
talk
about
and
look
forward
to
.8221
By
the
time
we
are
chatting,
it8217s
Burns
Night.
We
ll,
Burns
af
ternoon.
KT
is
gearing
up
to
spout
a
few
lines
of
Robbie
Burns
(to
music),
before
she
jets
off
to
Norway
at
8220hor-
ror
o8217clock8221
in
the
morning
for
yet
more
pr
om
ot
io
n.
Li
ll
eh
am
-
mer
,
host
of
the
10152
Singer
-songwriter
KT
Tu
nstall
talks
to
Andy
Barker
about
family
,
the
city
she
considers
her
second
home,
and
an
unusual
gig
at
The
Sick
Kids
when
her
long
road
to
success
was
brought
into
sharp
focus
Photogr
aph:
Graham
Jepson
PROFILE
8220I
really
feel
for
the
kids
but
it8217s
an
energising
thing
to
feel
like
I
am
doing
something
useful8221
wandering
minstrel
returns
to
her
roots
wandering
minstrel
returns
to
her
roots
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