How close have you come to death?

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Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser

I’ve had cancer three times, but never felt close to death except when I walked between parked cars on my street and a car sped past my nose.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗

Edwina Currie Former British politician, broadcaster and writer

Brighton, 1984. I was in another hotel just a few yards away.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

When interviewing Idi Amin of Uganda in 1975, he shouted: “We have ways of dealing with people like you.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2024 source ↗

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