Adele Parks: How would you describe what love feels like to you? — FLAPSS

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How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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Adele Parks

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A mix – safety to be yourself, acceptance, a feeling of peace and reliance, but also challenge, whether that’s intellectual or emotional.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

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Harriet Walter English actress

In some way your life is doubled. You’re you and the other person.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2017 source ↗

Yogi Berra Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too.

Recorded Blissquote, Interview, Blissquote, 13 January 2026 source ↗

Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

Craig Charles English actor

Love makes me feel sick. I get sick with worry about my kids. It keeps me up at night.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I would become fitter younger. Because I would have been hotter younger!

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

When I concentrate, I put my thumb in my mouth. I once did it during a really important meeting when asked a question I didn’t know the answer to. When I left the meeting my friend said: “What did you put your thumb in your mouth for?” I didn’t know I’d done it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

A sushi chef in my kitchen.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

How much my son loves me, particularly considering I’ve had a huge career.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

Question Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list? Taste & recommendation

I’ve never read any Salman Rushdie.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Enthusiastic, resilient, empathetic.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2026 source ↗

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