Nadiya Hussain
British television chef, baker and author
My little sister Yasmin. She’s got congenital heart disease, but continues to smile regardless.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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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.
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Michelle Obama. Her girls were massive fans of So You Think You Can Dance and we were invited to the White House for the Easter egg hunt. She was even more brilliant than you imagine, and we bonded over a love of Beyoncé.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 May 2021 source ↗
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Anyone who lives outside the box.
Sadie Frost
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My mother, Mary Davidson, for having me at 16 – a child herself – and raising me with very little.
Anne Robinson
English television presenter and journalist
Any mother with young children who is also doing a full-time job.
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To anyone I have lost touch with. It happened purely by accident as life took over.
Heart explosion.
Horse riding in a steep canyon in Los Angeles. A couple of paparazzi had hidden under camouflage blankets and when a horse sees a lens, he thinks it’s the eye of a predator. My horse flipped out. When he landed, I ended up on his neck; that was pretty close.
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