Julian Clary: How close have you come to dying? — FLAPSS

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How close have you come to dying?

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Julian Clary

English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter

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A gig in Chatham.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

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Adeel Akhtar British actor

I fell off a ladder, landed on my back, got up and was fine.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗

Mariella Frostrup

I’ve had a few hairy scrapes as a scuba diver.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

Bernadine Evaristo English author and academic

Travelling Europe with a friend, when I was 29. She was driving and the brakes went, on one of those vertiginous Italian mountains. It was terrifying for the 20 minutes it took to coast down the mountain.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗

Julia Ormond English actress

A trip to a Macedonian refugee camp that I switched out of, to go at a later date. Those who took my place were killed in a horrific car accident.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 March 2021 source ↗

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Sydney mardi gras, 1993.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Running out of Molecule cologne.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

I’ve made some terrible remarks about people over the years in the interests of light entertainment, and I regret them all.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

My education. Benedictine monks didn’t really prepare me for the life I have lived.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Dame Joan Collins. She insists on being happy whatever is going on and, despite being a Tory, is a very caring person.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

My cold indifference towards discarded friends.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 June 2022 source ↗

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