Skip to content

The question

What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

Originally asked

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

This exact question recurs in The Guardian's institutional Q&A pool.

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

Others on this question

View all 367 →
Hayley Atwell British American actress
Everything’s disappointing when it loses its shine. I’ve lowered my expectations.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 December 2018 source ↗
Roger Taylor English musician, songwriter, and record producer
Not getting solo records playlisted on the BBC.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 October 2021 source ↗

More from Jaime Winstone

View profile →

More on failure & regret

Also answered this

Ted Danson, Toyah Willcox, David Schwimmer, Adrian Dunbar, Dawn O'Porter, Brenda Blethyn

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

Report this answer