Bryn Terfel: What do you consider your greatest achievement?

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Originally asked

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

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Bryn Terfel said elsewhere, not written here

I loved my 1 minute 40 seconds singing at the coronation of King Charles. I was the most nervous I’ve been.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2024 source ↗

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Zack Polanski

Getting elected with 85% of the vote.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Ice-T American rapper and actor

The transition from streetlife to the legitimate world.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2015 source ↗

Victoria Pendleton British cyclist

Apart from two Olympic gold medals, I’m proud of finishing fifth in the Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in 2016, having never ridden a horse 12 months earlier.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 July 2017 source ↗

Daniel Mays British actor

Bringing two kids into the world, but my interrogation scene in Line Of Duty comes a close second. It was 12 minutes long and, without question, the hardest passage of dialogue I’ve had to learn.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2020 source ↗