Edwina Currie: What accomplishment matters most to you? — FLAPSS

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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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Edwina Currie

Former British politician, broadcaster and writer

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As health minister, I brought in breast and cervical cancer screening. And in 1994 I called the first debate on gay rights for a quarter-century and we got the age of consent down to 18. There are pubs in Brighton where I still can’t pay for a drink.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

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I cook a mean dal.

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Making my mum proud.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2023 source ↗

Zandra Rhodes British fashion designer

Founding the Fashion and Textile Museum.

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

Michelle Collins

That I am still creative.

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

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I would be richer, I’d have beaten Mrs Thatcher’s ban on women in the cabinet, and I would be a dame.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

Brighton, 1984. I was in another hotel just a few yards away.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

I am happy now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Not becoming chancellor.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

Question What thought won't let you sleep? Daily life

Anxiety. Usually the best response is to think hard about things, work up some solutions and then go to sleep.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

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