JENNI MURRAY: In 1971, I had my own brush with a terrifying riptide. I knew the sea. Or so I thought. One jump over a little wave, though, and suddenly there was nothing but water under my feet.
SHEILA HANCOCK: My first time in France in two years. Everything seems altered - including me. The journey there now seems arduous and the track down to the house feels perilous.
SHEILA HANCOCK: I confess that nowadays I am sometimes nervous of expressing an opinion. Because of the threat of being cancelled . That word sounds so terrifying. Erased from life.