Erin Doherty: What does love feel like?

What does love feel like?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Erin Doherty said elsewhere, not written here

Having music for limbs.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2025 source ↗

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James Dyson British inventor and businessman

An overwhelming sensation of caring and passion.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 December 2021 source ↗

Bertie Carvel British actor

A continuous in-breath.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 October 2021 source ↗

Julie Andrews English actress, singer and author

As you go through life, you discover so many forms of love – passionate, compassionate, familial, friendship. Love is hard to describe but it’s wonderful.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2019 source ↗

Melanie Chisholm British pop singer

Safe, strong and smiley.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2016 source ↗

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I was the PE technician at my old secondary school, so I had to pump up all the balls, wash all the kits and get the form notes in before morning registration every day.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2025 source ↗