What do you consider your greatest achievement?

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Louis Theroux British and American journalist and author

To have made a career in TV while being nervous by nature and incapable of doing a piece to camera.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 November 2018 source ↗

Anita Rani British broadcaster and journalist

I am a pretty good dog mum.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2021 source ↗

Getting elected with 85% of the vote.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

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