The question
What has been your biggest disappointment?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Trusting someone and being let down.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗
Not hearing the Ellington band live.
It was. I just expected more.
That I wasn't Indiana Jones.
America – there are too many Americans.
Lack of empathy.
It was reading out loud, but no longer. (I am dyslexic.) I was encouraged by my husband to do a speech for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which helped me gain my confidence, and the fear disappeared.
I’m a bit of a hoarder.
Less time on my phone.
Clearing up someone’s sick – it was on police duty.
Honest, empathetic, daring.
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