Lesley Sharp: 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 Lesley Sharp said elsewhere, not written here

I got run over when I was three. I ran across a road in Manchester and was hit by a car. I only had concussion, but I could have died.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 May 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

Gary Numan British musician

I was an air display pilot for 15 years, and watched most of my friends die in crashes. When the children came along, I got out of it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

Julie Hesmondhalgh English actress and narrator

Childbirth. And the wheel of our camper van coming clean off on the M1.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2018 source ↗

Jeremy Deller English artist

Three squaddies on a train in 1995.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2020 source ↗

When my first husband died, because it felt like my life was over, and it was challenging to keep in life at the time.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2023 source ↗