EP
The Queen. Long may she reign.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2016 source ↗
Mentioned in this answer
- Person The Queen not yet on FLAPSS
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.
Others on this question
View all 407 →
Hilary Swank
Actor
My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.
Julie Hesmondhalgh – she’s the kindest, brightest, most truthful woman. She’s so talented, works hard, cares about the right things, puts her energy in the right places. I adore her.
Christopher Eccleston
English actor
Elsie Eccleston, my mother, for her emotional intelligence, kindness, intense curiosity, and chicken and leek pies.
Carlos Acosta, for his incredible achievement in dance.
More from Elaine Paige
View profile →If I have upset someone, I have said sorry to him or her at the time.
Maybe That’s Your Problem, a musical about premature ejaculation. It closed after only 18 performances.
I’m happy: I have a wonderful career and great friends.
To be working still.
One night in Cats, I missed my footing and nearly plunged more than 30ft. As if by magic, the stage manager’s hand appeared and winched me from certain death.
Watching tennis.
More on values & belief
- What trait do you most dislike in other people? 193 answers
- What does everyone in your world seem to agree on that you think is wrong? 80 answers
- What are you unwilling to optimise? 30 answers
- What belief do you hold that most people around you would reject or find surprising? 19 answers
- What has life taught you about being human? 15 answers
- Which virtue do you think people overrate? 10 answers
Also answered this
Kylie Minogue, Laurence Fox, Hayley Atwell, Olly Alexander, Harriet Walter, Jessica Brown Findlay
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All values & belief questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject