Sandy Powell: What has been your biggest disappointment?

Originally asked

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

This exact question recurs in The Guardian's institutional Q&A pool.

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

Recorded Sandy Powell said elsewhere, not written here

Not meeting David Bowie, but then they say it’s best not to meet your heroes.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2019 source ↗

Others on this question

Gino D'Acampo Italian-British celebrity chef and media personality

That Italy didn’t qualify for the World Cup this year.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2022 source ↗

Heston Blumenthal English chef

When we bought the contaminated oysters and I made the decision to close the Fat Duck, not knowing if I would ever open again.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 October 2011 source ↗

Without naming names, some people I’ve put a lot of faith and trust and love into.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2023 source ↗

Irvine Welsh Scottish novelist

There’s been the odd beauty on the dance floor I really ought to have gone home with.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2016 source ↗