Laurence Fox: 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

A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

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Recorded Laurence Fox said elsewhere, not written here

A motorbike crash. I broke my shoulder and ribs and was so scared I didn’t ride for two years.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2019 source ↗

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Erin O'Connor English model

An emergency landing in a snow storm in Philadelphia.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2008 source ↗

Ronald Harwood South African playwright and novelist

Having a heart attack two days after my wife’s funeral.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 November 2016 source ↗

Zandra Rhodes British fashion designer

A plane to San Francisco, 25 years ago. There was a bang and I looked out of the window and saw flames coming out of one of the engines. We zoomed down to the airport below.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 July 2021 source ↗

Adam Peaty British swimmer; Olympic champion 2016 and 2021

I was on a cliff in Dartmoor, doing a Royal Marine abseil. I fell upside down and thought, “I’m going to die here.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 January 2022 source ↗