Sandy Powell: How close have you come to death?

How close have you come to death?

Originally asked

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

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Recorded Sandy Powell said elsewhere, not written here

When I rode on the back of a motorbike from London to Rome with my eyes closed the entire way.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2019 source ↗

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Christy Turlington Burns American model

The birth of my daughter.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2017 source ↗

Bernadine Evaristo English author and academic

Travelling Europe with a friend, when I was 29. She was driving and the brakes went, on one of those vertiginous Italian mountains. It was terrifying for the 20 minutes it took to coast down the mountain.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗

Sheryl Crow American singer-songwriter

I was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago, but so early that I knew it wasn’t a death sentence. Until we get a cure for cancer, early detection is our best hope.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2017 source ↗

Tuppence Middleton