The question
What accomplishment matters most to you?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Getting to 39 without having a filling in my teeth.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗
People told us Eurovision was like a poisoned chalice – to have been part of an amazing team that worked on changing the attitudes around that is really cool.
Deciding what and who I wanted to be early on in life.
Surviving the music industry. I think it’s been responsible for killing a lot of musicians. Lots of us have mental health issues, and drink and drug problems, and the industry doesn’t really care.
Remaining normal.
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I bought a house with someone and realised at the housewarming party that it was a mistake.
Anyone who can pick up a house spider with their bare hands.
Tenacious, romantic, organised.
Try not to take yourself too seriously.
A perfect cup of coffee – warm, bittersweet, anxiety-inducing and delicious.
Tim Rice, Robert Carlyle, Paapa Essiedu, Cressida Cowell, Yusuf Islam, Mel Giedroyc
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