Harry Hill
English comedian
The artist Magda Archer [his wife].
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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 ↗
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Peter Tatchell is a person very worthy of admiration, but few ever seem to acknowledge him as such.
Gloria Steinem.
Patricia Hodge
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The Queen. Her like has not been seen before and I doubt it will ever be again.
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I ran 10k once. I’ve got a medal.
Lack of magnesium.
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.
As an accomplished dancer and tennis player, because I do neither, so my loved ones would be very confused.
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