The question
How close have you come to dying?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago, but so early that I knew it wasn’t a death sentence. Until we get a cure for cancer, early detection is our best hope.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2017 source ↗
Maybe in the 1990s, but I was so selfish at the time, I wouldn’t really have noticed what was going on.
Abseiling down a cliff for Doc Martin in a suit, carrying a medical bag.
In 2012 I stared into the eyes of someone who had just stabbed a man in the neck on the street. I was trying to help the victim; for a very long three or four seconds, I thought he was going to come for me next.
Brighton, 1984. I was in another hotel just a few yards away.
The Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
My mother, because now I have two sons and I have help around me – including my family – I can't imagine having four little ones under the age of nine, as she did.
The state of our government and the direction that this crazy person is taking us in.
I got very emotional yesterday with a dear friend who was telling me about his relationship falling apart.
Euphoric and very calming.
Right now. I am loving my children’s ages – Wyatt is nine and Levi is six – and I wish I could freeze time.
Shakin' Stevens, Joss Stone, Suzanne Vega, Elaine Paige, David Hasselhoff, Gary Numan
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