The question
What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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I’m a classic remoaner.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 October 2025 source ↗
Oasis splitting up.
When I was about 15, I auditioned to play Alice In Wonderland on Broadway, and they cast someone else. I never got over it.
My biggest disappointment is always myself. That’s my Catholic upbringing.
In the back of my mind I just assumed I’d be in a boyband at some point.
I used to give a fantastic talk about Frankenstein and Dracula, but I’ve never been able to finish either book.
I can be horribly smug and conceited, and yet always in the back of my mind is the thought that things could go terribly wrong at any moment.
I’ve shat myself in public three times. It’s never quite as bad as you fear.
Middle-class wanker.
Aggression. Anger. Rudeness. Intolerance. Lack of understanding. Pretty much your average day on X.
Three mature palm trees. We restored a property in Italy that had been derelict and I needed to make it look established as quickly as I could.
Guz Khan, Stockard Channing, Engelbert Humperdinck, Philippa Dunne, Jane Horrocks, Justin Hawkins
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