Death & what remains

How close have you come to death?

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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 ↗

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