Naga Munchetty: How would you want people to remember you? — FLAPSS

The question

How would you want people to remember you?

Originally asked

Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.

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

NM

Naga Munchetty

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

By my friends and loved ones as someone who loved ferociously and always had their back.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 213 →

Dominic Cooper English actor

Just remembered will do.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗

For making a difference.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Irish actor

As a complex and brilliant man.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗

Edith Bowman Scottish radio DJ and television presenter

As a nice person who always put others before myself. I’d also like my own posthumous tartan.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2021 source ↗

More from Naga Munchetty

View profile →

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

Double-glazing sales when I was about 16 – on the phone, cold calling. Horrendous.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

I was 17 and about to go on a first date with my first boyfriend. I was so desperate for my mum not to meet him that I was trying to get to the door before she did. I ran down the stairs as she opened it, and slid down the last five steps on my arse.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

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

All the times I was mean to someone.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

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

Being able to cram the quality of eight hours’ sleep into four.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

Worry about the things you can control and don’t worry about the things you can’t.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Self-flagellation.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗

More on death & what remains

Also answered this

Simon Boas, Sonny Rollins, Niamh Cusack, Robert Carlyle, Richard Coles, Andrea Bocelli

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

All death & what remains questions
The 73 Questions questionnaire — 5 questions from the same format
Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject

Report this answer