Andi Oliver: How close have you come to death?

How close have you come to death?

Originally asked

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

A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Andi Oliver said elsewhere, not written here

I broke both my legs in a hit-and run accident when I was 26.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 December 2021 source ↗

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Julien Macdonald Welsh fashion designer

When I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for charity. It was horrendous.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 October 2016 source ↗

Shirley Ballas English ballroom dancer

In my dreams: I’ll feel as if I am falling towards a white light and then suddenly I wake up.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 June 2018 source ↗

Hamza Yassin

Being about nine metres away from a polar bear. In northern Canada, a young polar bear was very intrigued by our food. I was flying the drone at the time and the polar bear looked up and started paying attention, so then we flew the drone further away and he followed it while we got into our vehicles.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗

Edwina Currie Former British politician, broadcaster and writer