Nick Robinson: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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.

Recorded Nick Robinson said elsewhere, not written here

My wife, because she has to live with me.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2013 source ↗

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Phil Daniels English actor and singer

My mum – she's in her 90s, lives on her own, is lucid, wise and funny. And knows what a selfie is.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2014 source ↗

Cynthia Nixon American actress and politician

Michelle Obama (not that Barack wouldn’t be right up there). She seems genuinely to enjoy her life and do the best with all the tasks that she sets her mind to.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗

Jessica Brown Findlay English actress

My nan. She lost her husband at the end of 2019 and over the past year she’s been in isolation, but every single week when we speak, she’s full of hope.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 March 2021 source ↗

Alison Moyet English singer