The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?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.
Harry Evans. My opportunities to admire him are many since I am – at time of writing – still married to him.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 May 2010 source ↗
It's not a competition.
Billy Connolly, who is a brilliantly funny man. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t adore him.
Camila Batmanghelidjh, the founder of Kids Company.
My brother, Michael. He is an academic and has devoted his life to scholarship; my life seems trivial by comparison. Bastard.
In my second year at Oxford University. There was much lolling over the side of punts on the river with languid male companions plying me with cheap champagne.
The closure of Talk magazine.
Sadiq Khan, Monica Lewinsky, Malala Yousafzai, Caroline Lucas, Jess Phillips, Clare Balding
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