What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Sue Townsend said elsewhere, not written here
Losing my independence.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2007 source ↗

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Mary Berry English food writer and television presenter
My exam results at school, but it was all my own fault.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2013 source ↗
James Bay English singer-songwriter and guitarist
My left foot. (I’m great with my right – I can bend it like Beckham.)
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 January 2016 source ↗
Sandy Powell British costume designer
Not meeting David Bowie, but then they say it’s best not to meet your heroes.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2019 source ↗

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Flying over the Australian outback in a jet, looking down at the incredible orange scenery, the uninhabited hills and gullies, listening to Tchaikovsky on my headphones and drinking champagne with a cigarette in my hand. It was 1984, I'd been to the Adelaide Book Festival and was going back to my husband and my children.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2007 source ↗

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