Kevin Rowland
British singer
My brother Pete passing on in 2005.
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My biggest disappointment is always myself. That’s my Catholic upbringing.
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Melissa McCarthy
American actress
That in 2019 we’re still dealing with people hating people or people wanting to keep women down. That we haven’t evolved past that is a huge disappointment.
The Covid years. My life is diminished since then. I lost my brother. My children lost some social expression, and we are still recovering from that.
Mary Portas
English retail consultant
Not being able to take up my place at Rada.
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I wanted to be like my dad, who was an academic, because he had an office packed full of books, always had loud music on, and seemed to get to do what he wanted.
A caravan. I was brought up going on caravan holidays – but we quickly realised that a double-axle caravan was too much of a commitment and sold it.
It would have been lovely to have grown up in private like a lot of my friends.
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
The Strictly Come Dancing final almost destroyed me. I was howling all the way through – John and Johannes and then Rose and Giovanni. Oh my God.
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