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.
A friend named Charles Strobel, who runs the Campus for Human Development in Nashville. It’s a homeless shelter. He lives a life of pure kindness, and he’s a funny guy.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2017 source ↗
My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.
Jens Stoltenberg, for the way he united Norway after the massacre on Utøya in 2011.
My manager and friend Colin Lester, who has protected me through the good times and the bad.
David Hare – he’s always fascinating and funny.
A writer. Always.
Before email was invented.
Pulling yourself out of a wild ocean and on to a life raft.
I’ve never had a terrible job. I’ve been a cook, waitress, bookseller, teacher, freelance writer. I know what the bad jobs are and I haven’t done them.
Bill Bryson, Shirley Hughes, Stephen Fry, Jennifer Egan, Sam Shepard, Rebecca Front
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