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With a blue plaque.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2016 source ↗
The question
How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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As a well-balanced and functioning thin man.
Alex Jones
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As a good friend, somebody people could rely on, somebody who liked a bit of a laugh, and as a good mother.
James Norton
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With smile lines.
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Mozart’s clarinet concerto from the Out Of Africa soundtrack.
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Living in Bangor, County Down, because my mum was still alive. She died when I was six.
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