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Castaways who chose this
Alf Dubs on the policewoman who asked if his speech would make any difference
Russell Foster on his headmaster describing him as entirely non-academic
Minouche Shafik on her mother crying at the mailbox after moving to America
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on making peppermint creams aged eight
Peter Scudamore on throwing stones at posts as a child to predict his racing success
Shirley Porter on being denied head girl, possibly because of her Jewish name
How Fred Zinnemann's violin playing made his baby brother cry and his dog howl
Diana Mosley on missing three and a half years of her children's lives in prison
Enoch Powell on describing his younger self as a ‘learning machine’ at Cambridge
William Davis on seeing death and destruction at age ten in wartime Germany
How a two-book deal for Phil Edmonds started his wife's writing career
Phil Edmonds on his family being ostracized as 'Kaffa Booties' in Zambia
Gwyneth Jones on her father dying two hours before her scholarship acceptance letter arrived
Shinwell on the generals who threatened to resign when he arrived at the War Office
Sherrill Milnes on building something substantial to escape a desert island