The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Jill Nalder. Lydia West played her character in It’s a Sin. She was on the wards with nurses caring for patients who were dying [of Aids] when lots of people wouldn’t go near them.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 March 2025 source ↗
Women in leadership positions in every field who are using their advantages to inspire younger women.
Johnny Mathis - he is so perfect.
It’s hard to beat David Attenborough. Everything he does is quality. I like people who make me proud to be British.
Liu Xiaobo, for his dignity and wisdom. If we could all have a dose of that perspective, the world would be a better place.
Like something or someone is part of your DNA, the fabric of who you are.
It’s the stuff about my appearance that sticks. I read I had a face like a crumpled napkin and teeth that could till a field.
At the Mighty Hoopla festival, Kimberley and Nicola from Girls Aloud joined me on stage for a Girls Aloud song. I completely forgot the words.
I can be an overthinker and a vicious self-critic.
Early in my career I got really close to being one of the kids in the Narnia movie. I remember being crushed.
Sally Field, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Loach, Pedro Almodóvar, Elaine Paige, Adeel Akhtar
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