Edwina Currie: What has been your biggest disappointment?

What has been your biggest disappointment?

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

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Recorded Edwina Currie said elsewhere, not written here

Not becoming chancellor.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

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Adam Kay British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician

I’ve never been upgraded on a plane.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗

Simon Mayo English radio presenter and author

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.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 August 2020 source ↗

Joseph Fiennes English actor

I haven't seen a ghost yet.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗

Stephen K Amos

Looking back is not productive.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 September 2025 source ↗

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Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains

Brighton, 1984. I was in another hotel just a few yards away.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

Question What do you consider your greatest achievement? Craft & work

As health minister, I brought in breast and cervical cancer screening. And in 1994 I called the first debate on gay rights for a quarter-century and we got the age of consent down to 18. There are pubs in Brighton where I still can’t pay for a drink.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗