Bobby Gillespie
Singer and songwriter
In 2016, I fell off stage in Switzerland and broke my back in four places.
How close have you come to death?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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In 2012 I stared into the eyes of someone who had just stabbed a man in the neck on the street. I was trying to help the victim; for a very long three or four seconds, I thought he was going to come for me next.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2018 source ↗
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Joseph Fiennes
English actor
Climbing in Tibet, surfing in Australia and a moment ago by a courgette cutter as I dithered over one of these questions.
Nicola Walker
British actress
Swimming off the north Cornish coast eight years ago. I remember thinking, “Why did they teach you how to inflate your pyjamas in life-saving classes at school, when they could have just told you what to do in a riptide?”
Tom Ellis
Welsh actor
Every time I let my wife drive.
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When I was a teenager I worked as a lifeguard, and one of our duties was to clean the showers. It essentially involved cleaning people’s pubes from the drain.
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