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.
My mother, Hannah: nearly 82, mother of four, homemaker, retired GP and knitter extraordinaire.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 November 2018 source ↗
The present Lady Wogan, for putting up with me for 46 years of marriage. The woman's a saint.
Michelle Obama.
My sons for their bravery, and my daughter and daughters-in-law for being working mothers and always being able to make me laugh.
Jens Stoltenberg, for the way he united Norway after the massacre on Utøya in 2011.
I ran 10k once. I’ve got a medal.
As an accomplished dancer and tennis player, because I do neither, so my loved ones would be very confused.
Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West).
A bed from Savoir Beds. People spend loads of money on cars, but spend more of their lives sleeping than driving. The maths is wrong, if you ask me.
Lack of magnesium.
The Guardian’s review of my book.
John Waters, Ashley Jensen, Richard Wilson, Stephen Dillane, Cuba Gooding Jr, Willem Dafoe
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