Lucy Worsley: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Originally asked

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Recorded Lucy Worsley said elsewhere, not written here

A spy, a witch and a nun.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Romesh Ranganathan English actor and comedian

A comedian or rapper. You can tell by the way I’m dressed that I’m a frustrated rapper.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2024 source ↗

Jessica Raine British actress

I was fidgety and clueless for a long time.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2019 source ↗

Roger Allam English actor

When I was a child, it was a bus driver or engine driver; then, when I was a teenager, I went to the theatre and wanted to be an actor.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗

A forensic scientist.

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

I think you can be happy every day, if you are in the flow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

To my brother. When he was a small boy, I made him urinate on an electric fence to see if liquid could really transmit electricity.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

In my teens, peeling garlic to make pie filling in a butcher’s shop.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

That I am not a chorus girl in a West End musical.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

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