Jo Brand: What do you consider your greatest achievement?

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Originally asked

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

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Jo Brand said elsewhere, not written here

Getting up the noses of a handful of truly horrible misogynists.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2015 source ↗

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Sarah Millican English comedian

That I turned a broken heart into a career. That I hit rock bottom and bounced back up a lot higher.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2018 source ↗

Mo Farah British track and field athlete

Being dad to my kids and having a family.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2019 source ↗

Kevin Rowland British singer

The contentment I have now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 August 2025 source ↗

Zoe Ball British TV and radio personality

Being mum to my awesome children, Woody and Nelly. They make my day, every day. I do joke with them that I’m happy to pay for the therapy they’ll inevitably need in later years due to my terrible parenting.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗