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.
David Walliams, for making the transition from comic actor to bestselling kids’ author. I’m not sure I’ll be able to do the same.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2016 source ↗
Bob Geldof, because he changed the perception of what people should do when they see a situation of need.
The Obamas are impressive.
On a personal level, the friend who is a single mum raising two kids by herself during this Covid era. She is a real hero. If a historical personality, I choose Mikhail Gorbachev, who probably saved the world from world war three.
Aside from my mom, my husband, and my mother-in-law, Gloria Steinem, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, and RBG.
A small pair of ginger balls.
When I heard the referendum result.
When I won my first Oscar. Oh, wait – that was Amy Adams.
I would have tried that anti-stretch mark cream during pregnancy.
Laurence Fox, Kylie Minogue, Harriet Walter, Olly Alexander, Hayley Atwell, Jessica Brown Findlay
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