Jo Nesbø: What has been your biggest disappointment?

What has been your biggest disappointment?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Tottenham this season.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2026 source ↗

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Bill Bailey Comedian and musician

Not being chosen as the next Bond.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2016 source ↗

Sally Hawkins British actress

Realising that I wasn't a fairy changeling child and that David Bowie wasn't the fairy king.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2011 source ↗

Lemn Sissay

I spent my life searching for family. I travelled around the world to look each one of them in the eye. Unfortunately, but understandably, for most of them, I am their biggest disappointment.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 October 2023 source ↗

Tuppence Middleton

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

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Rock climbing in Oslo. During abseiling, I hadn’t tied a knot at the end of the rope and almost slid out. I saw the end of the rope at the last second, so I stopped abseiling.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2026 source ↗