“2014 was my dad’s last year. He too had a life sentence similar to Deborah’s, and he took eight of us in the camper van to Italy for a month. His last (unrealised) wish was to go for a cycle. I think he’s a great example.”

“Given notice that I had limited time left, I would seek to visit family and friends I hold dear. If physically able, I would travel to places I have longer to see like the Taj Mahal or cherry blossom in Japan with my daughter. I would again go paragliding or finally take the plunge and do a bungee jump from the cliffs at the original bungee jump in New Zealand, having wimped out the first time I visited it. Above…

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“Easy! Write a book!”

“My first thought is that we all only have one year – at least most of us don’t know that we have more; we may have only one day. And I do feel that we should probably all live life as if there is only one year left anyway. I think I would just continue as always. Maybe my life is how I want it – family and garden and doing my art work – c’est la vie.”

“Try to visit every place/church where a Caravaggio hangs.”

“What would I do if I found out I was in my last year… grab every precious moment with both hands, living, loving and laughing along the way.”

Here’s Joanna’s thoughts on her Last Year plans: “Given a year to do everything, not knowing what lies ahead at the end of it, I would spend as much time as possible with all the people in my life who have brought so much to enrich my life experience. I would travel to my favourite island archipelago of Shetland and to the Outer Hebrides and connect with the landscapes I love so much. I would also creat as much jewellery…

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