The question
What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Letting down the people I love.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗
Being continually overlooked in awards ceremonies and honours lists.
I got dropped from two record deals when I was 14 and 17.
In elementary school: I opened my lunchbox and it was empty. I was devastated.
That after I collected countless signatures on a petition, the Queen's Guard still wear bearskin hats.
Your heart walking around outside your body.
About five years ago, a half-tonne tree branch fell and missed me by three feet.
Bicycle courier: it was literally dicing with death on a minute-to-minute basis for 12 hours a day. It was terrifying and exhausting.
Anyone who speaks truth to power at the risk of their own safety.
Not very concise.
Not a child, which was short-sighted of me.
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