When, at the Queen's Jubilee concert, presenter Lee Mack joked: "ten years ago the only thing Gary Barlow thought he’d be running was a Little Chef," I felt a strange sense of reassurance wash over me. 

Gary is evidence that we can all go through the wilderness years (or months if you’re lucky) and come out of it better, stronger and more successful, albeit with a few scratches and bruises.

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