Anne Robinson: What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Anne Robinson

English television presenter and journalist

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

That I don't have thin ankles.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 August 2010 source ↗

Others on this question

Isabella Rossellini Italian and American actress

That my children never met my parents. They were both dead by the time I became a mamma.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2012 source ↗

Not getting into drama school when I was 17. In those days, the first thing people said was, “Where did you train?”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2024 source ↗

This country’s enchantment with privately educated, self-serving liars.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗

Zoë Heller English journalist and novelist

Failing CSE Physics. Twice.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2008 source ↗

Any mother with young children who is also doing a full-time job.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 August 2010 source ↗

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