Tuppence Middleton: What do you consider your greatest achievement?

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

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.

Recorded Tuppence Middleton said elsewhere, not written here

Getting to 39 without having a filling in my teeth.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗

Others on this question

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Michelle Dockery British actress

My friendships.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2020 source ↗

Johanna Konta British tennis player

Being happy. I think that transcends the results of my matches, the so-called successes or failures. How would you like to be remembered? As someone who dedicated their life to what they were doing at the time. Right now, it’s tennis, but I want to have the same dedication for whatever I do after, whether it be motherhood or another career.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗

Graham Norton

Now that I’m at this end of my career, I’m gobsmacked that I’ve managed to cling on for as long as I have.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 April 2026 source ↗

Kate Nash British musician

Surviving the music industry. I think it’s been responsible for killing a lot of musicians. Lots of us have mental health issues, and drink and drug problems, and the industry doesn’t really care.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2019 source ↗