Robert Glenister: What accomplishment matters most to you?

The question

What accomplishment matters most to you?

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.

Robert Glenister

English actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

That I’m still here.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2022 source ↗

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Kiell Smith-Bynoe

Making my mum proud.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2023 source ↗

Maggie Aderin-Pocock British space scientist and science educator

Over the last eight years I have been privileged to see 250,000 schoolkids across the world and tell them my story – a kid with dyslexia from a broken home becoming a space scientist – and inspire them to do something they dream about.

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

Kate Nash British musician

Surviving the music industry. I think it’s been responsible for killing a lot of musicians. Lots of us have mental health issues, and drink and drug problems, and the industry doesn’t really care.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2019 source ↗

Shappi Khorsandi Iranian-born British comedian

Getting an A for my English A-level. I’m dyslexic; it was never detected and I was written off as scatty and lazy. This proved everyone wrong, including me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2017 source ↗