Ally McCoist: Which trait in yourself do you like least? — FLAPSS

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Which trait in yourself do you like least?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

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Ally McCoist

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Bad timekeeping.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2024 source ↗

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I’m very impatient – next question.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2026 source ↗

Chris McCausland

I’m judgmental.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 November 2025 source ↗

Robert De Niro Actor

I’m certainly not going to tell it here.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2013 source ↗

Yo-Yo Ma Cellist

I love to break rules.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2016 source ↗

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To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Question What worries you about getting older? Time & hindsight

Losing the ability to get about.

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Not going to the World Cup in 1986 and not going to the World Cup in 1998.

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Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Happy, loyal and late.

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Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

A holiday in New York for my son Arran’s 18th.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2024 source ↗

Question What would you most want to leave your children? Death & what remains

Happy memories.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2024 source ↗

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