The question
How close have you come to dying?Originally asked
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I made a solo attempt at the Matterhorn in 1996 and came very close to falling. I waited until the dawn light came, so I could retrace my route, but I was hanging off my ice axes for 45 minutes.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2017 source ↗
A blood clot in my artery when I was 23.
At each of my theatre premieres.
Many times on British roads, because I drive very fast. In another life, I would have liked doing Formula One.
I’ve had a few hairy scrapes as a scuba diver.
Preferably not as the guy who played Gollum.
23 June last year. The fact that certain people have chosen for us to come out of Europe is one of the saddest, divisive and unthought-through events in my lifetime.
Being the father of three children.
Putting ball bearings into Mum roll-on deodorant bottles in a factory, one summer when I was 17.
When my wife Lorraine and I got together in 1990. We were in a play at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester when we suddenly realised we were falling in love.
To see a united Labour party.
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