Sharleen Spiteri: What disappointment has stayed with you longest? — FLAPSS

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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Sharleen Spiteri

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Feeling so helpless. You feel that governments should be making better choices; people are speaking out and nothing seems to be done about it.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗

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Paul Hollywood English baker and chef

That I stopped martial arts 20 years ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2014 source ↗

Richard Wilson Scottish actor and theatre director

Not directing a major film.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 February 2016 source ↗

Vanessa Redgrave British actress and activist

To lose my fourth baby.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 September 2018 source ↗

Liam Gallagher English singer-songwriter

Oasis splitting up.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 October 2017 source ↗

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Uncontrollable, wonderful.

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Somebody wrote that my voice was more numbing than novocaine.

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