Siobhán McSweeney: 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

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.

Recorded Siobhán McSweeney said elsewhere, not written here

Being loved by my family and friends despite my personality.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

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Sheena Easton Scottish singer

When I started out, people thought I was going to be a flash in the pan, but I’m still working.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2017 source ↗

Shappi Khorsandi Iranian-born British comedian

Getting an A for my English A-level. I’m dyslexic; it was never detected and I was written off as scatty and lazy. This proved everyone wrong, including me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2017 source ↗

Marc Almond English singer

Still being here, aged 60. If I thought I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2017 source ↗

Sarah Millican English comedian

That I turned a broken heart into a career. That I hit rock bottom and bounced back up a lot higher.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2018 source ↗