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![Harry Arter: “The older you get, the more you really appreciate someone believing in you. That in itself was something that just made me really excited to come along and work with him [Kenny]. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho](/polopoly_fs/1.4405855.1605041117!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300_160/image.jpg "Harry Arter: “The older you get, the more you really appreciate someone believing in you. That in itself was something that just made me really excited to come along and work with him [Kenny]. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho")
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