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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Trusting someone and being let down.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗
When I was 14 I went up for Juliet with Zeffirelli and I was hugely disappointed that I didn’t get that.
I fear it has yet to come.
My A-level grades – but I got over it.
Although I have a driving licence, I don't drive – I am very bad at it.
It was reading out loud, but no longer. (I am dyslexic.) I was encouraged by my husband to do a speech for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which helped me gain my confidence, and the fear disappeared.
Honest, empathetic, daring.
In a different sense, I’ve helped to try to resuscitate a dead man.
I would be less naive.
The children. As a mother you are constantly worrying whether you’ve done the right thing.
Clearing up someone’s sick – it was on police duty.
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