Sandi Toksvig: How would you want people to remember you? — FLAPSS

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How would you want people to remember you?

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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.

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Sandi Toksvig

Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

As having done my best.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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Angela Griffin British actress and television presenter

As somebody who was hardworking, kind and nice.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Irish actor

As a complex and brilliant man.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗

Andy Serkis English actor

Preferably not as the guy who played Gollum.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2017 source ↗

Bryan Adams Canadian singer-songwriter and musician

He came, he laughed, he left.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 December 2022 source ↗

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I wouldn’t bother learning how to use logarithms, and I might give netball a miss.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question What song would you want played at your funeral? Death & what remains

How about The Hokey Cokey? That’s always fun, especially if they’re carrying the coffin.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

I’ve had a surprising number of near-death experiences: I was nearly blown up by a landmine in Sudan; I was stranded on the Zambezi river at night; I was bucked off a rodeo horse in Arizona and had to be airlifted to hospital; and, worst of all, I once ate a Pot Noodle.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Last Tuesday at 10 past three.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

Working on an assembly line in a plastics factory.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

My five-litre Ford Mustang.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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