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Fleet Foxes, for example – the successful beard-growers with a neat sideline in heart-swelling campfire anthems – haven't exactly dashed to Fearne Cotton's door to offer an acoustic take on Rihanna's We Found Love.

Meet the man behind those Fleet Foxes Sing … covers of Whitney Houston, Adele and Madonna 2012

Zane Lowe at breakfast was almost too nuts for me, with his mash-up noises and loop-da-loop loops, shouting over white noise at 7am, but the lovely Annie Mac sounded terrific in Fearne Cotton's slot, playing funk, soul, offbeat house and chatting easily between.

Rewind radio: Colin Paterson, Rachel Burden; Zane Lowe, Annie Mac; In Search of Barney Bubbles 2012

Yet if you ask head coach Tod Kowalczyk who was most responsible for leading the Phoenix to back-to-back 22-win seasons and back-to-back appearances in the College Basketball Invitational, chances are good that Cotton's name will be the first one out of his mouth.

Horizon League 2010

The camera pans back to reveal that Cotton's studio is located in the gut of a massive fluffy monster which rather resembles Mr Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street "The Muppets are hot right now, yeah?"

The Hard Sell: Radio 1 2012

Cotton's contributions to the program over the past four seasons go beyond the box score.

Horizon League 2010

Tell Rob Andrew to go back to whatever it is he does with the rest of his time, instruct the Professional Game Board to get on with something useful and stuff Fran Cotton's questionnaires into the shredder, because it no longer matters that most of the players concerned refuse to fill them in.

Lewis 'Mad Dog' Moody has exposed the lunacy of English rugby's rulers | Richard Williams 2011

Cotton's team will be charged with reviewing the performance of the RFU's professional rugby department and assessing Andrew's report into the World Cup campaign.

Martin Johnson given deadline to say if he wants to keep England job 2011

It was seen by some as proof of a growing authoritarianism and once both the England squad and the Premiership clubs said they would have nothing to do with Cotton's inquiry, which was shelved on Wednesday because it had not been authorised by the game board, some of Thomas's previous supporters on the board turned on him.

England's inglorious World Cup sows the seeds of Martyn Thomas's exit | Paul Rees 2011

Cotton's panel will have the power to recommend who should lead the professional rugby department.

Martin Johnson given deadline to say if he wants to keep England job 2011

Also, rather than trying to critique each novel anew, we get a report of fannish reviews at the time of publication (I was surprised to read of the negative reaction to Donald Cotton's superb Doctor Who and the Romans).

August Books 12) The Target Book: A History of the Target Doctor Who Books, by David J. Howe nwhyte 2009