Zandra Rhodes: How close have you come to death?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Zandra Rhodes said elsewhere, not written here

A plane to San Francisco, 25 years ago. There was a bang and I looked out of the window and saw flames coming out of one of the engines. We zoomed down to the airport below.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 July 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

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Harry Redknapp English football player and manager

A car accident in Italy in 1990. Four people got killed. I was lucky, I got thrown out.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2019 source ↗

Brendan Gleeson Irish actor and director

Getting knocked down by a bus. The experience left me with the exhilaration of life enhanced.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2016 source ↗

Robert Peston British journalist

Being driven across the Atlas Mountains in a snowstorm 25 years ago, by a local taxi driver who plainly put a lower premium on the advantages of living than me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 June 2018 source ↗

Clara Amfo Broadcaster