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.
Billy Connolly, who is a brilliantly funny man. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t adore him.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
My husband, who always seems to have everything in control and is so consistent.
I admire the mother of my children a great deal, because she’s interesting, smart and funny.
Greta Thunberg, a brightly coloured little bird in a coalmine, desperately sounding the alarm for others while laying her childhood to waste.
My mom. She has been a fashion designer and run a catering business.
I would just like to be remembered.
Don’t Stop Believin’ [by Journey].
Seeing Bob Dylan live.
I wouldn’t lose my virginity at an army camp and then roll over on to an ants’ nest.
Like you have nothing to prove.
Once, I was MC at a Christmas gig in Romford and a woman threw a dildo at my face.
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