Keren Woodward: What disappointment has stayed with you longest? — FLAPSS

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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Keren Woodward

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When a relationship I’ve been invested in stops working. And yet, here I am, happy as you like.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

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Yusuf Islam British musician

Not making number one with Matthew And Son because of the Monkees.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 November 2014 source ↗

Rachel Whiteread English artist

Losing my parents when they were relatively young. My dad was 59 and my mum died at 72, 14 years ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Zoë Heller English journalist and novelist

Failing CSE Physics. Twice.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2008 source ↗

Not being a professional footballer.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2024 source ↗

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

The last few years. There’s a beauty to getting to an age where you really don’t care about stuff that used to bother you.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

Question What thought won't let you sleep? Daily life

Sleep apnoea and tinnitus.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

Always flying: we’ve had flights where the engine’s been on fire; where we’ve nose-dived.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As the dark-haired bird from Bananarama.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Kind, funny, moany – I do love a moan.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

I’ve apologised to my son, Thomas, for being absent for quite a lot of his first few years, but, as a working mother and breadwinner, I kind of had to be. I like to think I’ve made up for it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

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