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.
Two friends who work for the NHS, Jason and Kate. One is a paramedic and one has been moved to work in an ICU.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2020 source ↗
My friend Ian McKellen, who has an extraordinary record as an actor and a gay activist.
My manager and friend Colin Lester, who has protected me through the good times and the bad.
It’s a tie between Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr., Wole Soyinka, and Oprah Winfrey. All are fearless, all know themselves, all have examined themselves, and all are comfortable with what they have seen.
My husband, Paul, who is an enabler of the exuberance of his wife and five kids.
I wanted my own ice-cream van and to be a lollipop lady.
I worked in a call centre. I would go clubbing on a Saturday with my brother and my mates, get home for five or six in the morning, and then have to be at work at 8am.
A driving licence.
Essential, like oxygen.
Helena Bonham Carter, Hilary Swank, Dominic West, Anna Paquin, Archie Panjabi, James Norton
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