Mark Radcliffe: What accomplishment matters most to you?

The question

What accomplishment matters most to you?

Originally asked

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

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

Mark Radcliffe

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Having three great daughters, having been on the radio for nearly 50 years and not being dead.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

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Siobhán McSweeney

Being loved by my family and friends despite my personality.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2023 source ↗

Marina Abramović Performance artist

That performance art has become a part of mainstream art.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 October 2024 source ↗

Lionel Shriver American author

A selection of single paragraphs that perfectly capture something I’ve thought or felt, even if it’s shameful or perverse.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 May 2016 source ↗

Nicholson Baker Contemporary American novelist and writer

In 1999, the British Library auctioned off some of its newspaper holdings. My wife and I formed a non-profit and saved more than 20 tons of these irreplaceable bound newspapers, including the last intact run of Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2020 source ↗