Lucy Worsley
English historian
I think you can be happy every day, if you are in the flow.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Five to 10, when I was just playing out and I didn’t realise I was a girl. Before my boobs came in, basically.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗
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Now, by far. Old enough to know time’s short, young enough to use it.
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