Mel Giedroyc: What accomplishment matters most to you?

The question

Originally asked

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

Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.

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

Mel Giedroyc

British actress and comedian

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

If you think that you have one, then you’re a bit of a prat, aren’t you?

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

Salman Rushdie Indian-British-American novelist

Nineteen books. Twenty next year…

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2020 source ↗

Michelle Dockery British actress

My friendships.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2020 source ↗

Learning to get back up.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2025 source ↗

Gloria Estefan Cuban-American singer and songwriter

Being able to communicate with people all over the world through my music.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2019 source ↗

Probably my husband. In a world of bullshitters, he steers a tremendously honest course.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2015 source ↗

Yesterday: sun-lounger, back garden, cup of tea, radio on.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2015 source ↗

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