The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being too thin-skinned.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2026 source ↗
I’d rather name one for someone else. I’m egomaniacal.
Narcissism, solipsism.
Self-doubt and a reoccurring fear that people would prefer the other Alfred Molina.
I am a bit of a procrastinator.
The US election showed me that I had trapped myself in wishful thinking.
Having somebody pull my judo trousers down at a competition when I was seven. And finding I wasn’t wearing any pants.
Scrappy, quixotic, curious.
Surprise. Smiles. Courage. Safety.
A painting of a man who was killed on the Dutch coast in 1600.
Moments of vanity, carelessness and unkindness.
Barack Obama, Jon Snow, Bob Schieffer, Malala Yousafzai, Bill Clinton, Caroline Lucas
Search the directory for somebody in particular.