Hans Zimmer
Film composer
Sir David Attenborough, John Prendergast.
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Originally asked
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The exact median middle-aged black woman in the US. If hard work guaranteed success, she’d be the most successful person on the planet. But she isn’t, yet she keeps on going.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2025 source ↗
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Adeel Akhtar
British actor
My mum, because she smuggled me into the National Youth Theatre during summer time when my dad didn’t want me to be an actor, and she’s seen everything I’ve done.
Tina Brown
British and American journalist
Harry Evans. My opportunities to admire him are many since I am – at time of writing – still married to him.
Jaime Winstone
English actress
My Nanny Frances, my mum's mum.
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