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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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When I was a 26-year-old news correspondent, the head of BBC news gathering, Chris Cramer, refused to let me take up a six-month attachment on the foreign affairs programme Correspondent. He said: “I think it’s too soon; you could do it later.” He’d never have said that to a man.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 January 2022 source ↗
“I don’t love you.”
Choosing the wrong mate.
America – there are too many Americans.
Growing older so quickly.
Meeting Richard Ratcliffe outside the Foreign Office during his hunger strike to try to get action to free Nazanin. I’m moved by the loyalty and strength of that couple and their family.
My maternal grandmother, who lived with us for many years. I was a moody teenager and sometimes impatient and rude. Yet she was the person I feel I’m most like. I really miss her.
On stage, interviewing one of my heroes, Paul McCartney, at the Royal Festival Hall last November.
A 50-metre lido that was always empty when I went.
Anne Robinson, Vince Cable, Jon Sopel, Joan Bakewell, Tina Brown, Alan Johnson
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