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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Feeling as though I had to leave Radio 2 to get my life back on track. I had every intention of being David Jacobs or Brian Matthew and going on until I was 127, but it didn’t turn out like that.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 August 2020 source ↗
Not keeping off the last 5lbs.
Finding out that life's not fair.
When we bought the contaminated oysters and I made the decision to close the Fat Duck, not knowing if I would ever open again.
That I could not play college basketball due to lack of talent.
Kindness, security, being at home.
I was the subject of a Celeb cartoon in Private Eye. I’ve a copy hanging in the downstairs toilet.
My glasses. They were more than a grand.
The friend behind the microphone.
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