The question
What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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For my dad not to have known our boys.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 October 2015 source ↗
Losing my singing voice. I had to have an operation and unfortunately it was not successful. I’ve not been able to sing since.
Not being a scratch golfer.
Not becoming chancellor.
The Brit Awards 2007.
When it’s just us as a family on our island hideaway in Wales.
Resilience, courage and kindness, as compassionate points to follow.
Light of the Almighty in my heart.
An apocalypse escape vessel – a steel hull ice-capable sailing boat for all the family that has almost zero electronics and is manual operation throughout – armed with an array of weaponry.
My failures have taught me more than the successes, so not much.
Holding the hand of some random lady at an airport who I mistook for my wife, Shara.
Philip Treacy, Gloria Steinem, Mary Portas, Candi Staton, Paul O'Grady, Adeel Akhtar
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