Zandra Rhodes
British fashion designer
Founding the Fashion and Textile Museum.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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When were you happiest?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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Surviving the entertainment industry.
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Adam Lambert
American singer
Getting to challenge the status quo by being myself, just existing openly and honestly and boldly on a public level. It hasn’t always been easy, and it came with its fair set of challenges and sacrifices, and I am proud of that.
Working on myself. I’m a work in progress to the end.
Shappi Khorsandi
Iranian-born British comedian
Getting an A for my English A-level. I’m dyslexic; it was never detected and I was written off as scatty and lazy. This proved everyone wrong, including me.
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I did a TV job, Ain’t Misbehavin’, purely for the money. I was disappointed with myself and, inevitably, incredibly unhappy.
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