How close have you come to death?

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Recorded Robert Peston said elsewhere, not written here
Being driven across the Atlas Mountains in a snowstorm 25 years ago, by a local taxi driver who plainly put a lower premium on the advantages of living than me.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 June 2018 source ↗

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Robert Carlyle Scottish actor
I was on a plane in India and I thought it was going to crash. It was an old, rickety thing. It was pre-children - I wouldn't do it now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗

Paapa Essiedu British actor
In 2016, the moment my agent rang me to tell me I’d got the part of Hamlet for the RSC. While I was on the phone, I looked to my left and turned to the right, and a bus whizzed by and the wing mirror was so close to me that it knocked my hat off.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2023 source ↗

Sarah Millican English comedian
My sister saved me from drowning. I shouted at her because she pulled me out of the pool and hurt my arm.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2018 source ↗

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