Dame Elaine Paige

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864 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 24 Jul

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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth · Dame Elaine Paige · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

I did.

That's my worst memory of failure.

I know you're going to ask me about what.

I'm afraid so.

Yes.

And that was it.

Of course I failed.

No, I don't think I was even disappointed.

I probably knew I wouldn't pass.

I mean, I knew who I was and I knew my ability.

And I knew that I... You know, I treated school as a social activity.

It was a means to meet my friends and have some fun during the day.

But, you know, not everybody can be academic, can they?

And thank heavens, secondary modern school...

I had a wonderful music teacher.

And that really, I mean, music was the thing that gave me a reason to be good at something.

Anne Hill, who's still alive.

She introduced me to music that I wouldn't have heard at home.

And I'm talking about the classics, really.

So Mozart was her.

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