The question
What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Being let go from Strictly.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 June 2025 source ↗
Sometimes it was disappointing not to have the fan base at home in the UK that we had elsewhere.
Super Mario Brothers.
Finding out that life's not fair.
Plumbing in LA.
One after the other, thoughts come banging in – and it’s no sleep for you tonight, dearie.
Carlos Acosta, for his incredible achievement in dance.
Kind, thoughtful and gave damn good advice.
My daughters and granddaughters.
In a Dagenham factory at 6am, picking soldiers’ greatcoats from wars around the world to sell at the market in Chelsea. I smelled like mothballs, and no one would come near me.
A Biba dress when I really couldn’t afford it. It was every scrap of my money and I’ve never parted with it.
Camille Paglia, Ruth Jones, Robert Peston, Louis Smith, Isabella Rossellini, Stephen K Amos
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