Philip Treacy: What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Philip Treacy said elsewhere, not written here

My friends dying: Alexander (McQueen), Isabella (Blow), a friend of cancer last year.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2014 source ↗

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I’ve never been upgraded on a plane.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗

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Losing my independence.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2007 source ↗

Samuel L Jackson American actor

Finding out that life's not fair.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2011 source ↗

Susan Greenfield British scientist

Although I have a driving licence, I don't drive – I am very bad at it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2011 source ↗

As a child growing up in Ireland, on a beautiful day playing on what was known as a cock of hay (or haystack).

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2014 source ↗

The Queen, because she's kept hats alive in the imagination of people all over the world.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2014 source ↗

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