Mark Steel: How would you want people to remember you?

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.

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Through a series of mistakes in write-ups, I’d like to be remembered for something like being Britain’s finest downhill skier or inventing pickled onions.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2025 source ↗

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Ronnie O'Sullivan English snooker player

As someone that loved what they did, embraced it wholeheartedly and never quit.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2023 source ↗

Bruno Tonioli Italian choreographer

That I did everything I had to and I never gave up!

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗

Samuel West British actor, theatre director, and narrator

As someone who gave it a go.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 October 2020 source ↗

Bozoma Saint John Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix

As the biggest, brightest, most bodacious badass that ever lived.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2017 source ↗

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

Should talk less.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2025 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

When I was 16, my dad got drunk at the Oval cricket ground and harangued Sir Garry Sobers, possibly the greatest cricketer of all time, because he didn’t agree with who he’d given as man of the match.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2025 source ↗