Angela Hartnett: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Angela Hartnett said elsewhere, not written here

Anything and everything. I watched the Olympics and wanted to be an 800m runner. If I watched Inspector Morse, I wanted to be a pathologist.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

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One of the Ghostbusters.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗

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A botanist or a florist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2019 source ↗

A forensic scientist.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2023 source ↗

Gregg Wallace English broadcaster and writer

A sailor. I wanted to be in the Royal Navy like my grandad.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 April 2022 source ↗

Procrastination.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

Washing up in the Ford factory canteen in Dagenham.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

When I first started at The Connaught, I bought a pair of antique diamond earrings at Fred Leighton in New York.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

Thinking about work because I’m responsible for people’s jobs.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗

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