Julian Lennon: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? — FLAPSS

The question

Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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.

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JL

Julian Lennon

English musician, photographer, and philanthropist

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Anyone who promotes peace.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗

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Olivia de Havilland Film actress; twice winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress

Nelson Mandela.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2005 source ↗

Susan Greenfield British scientist

An Italian neuroscientist called Rita Levi-Montalcini. She is now over 100. Under Mussolini she was forbidden from practising medicine because of the race laws. So she set up a lab in her basement, and the work she did there laid the foundations for her winning the Nobel prize.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2011 source ↗

Probably me, but I don’t think I’m supposed to say that!

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2021 source ↗

Frank Cottrell-Boyce British screenwriter, novelist and actor

So many. All childcarers and most primary teachers.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 July 2023 source ↗

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

Fear, anxiety and panic attacks.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Ghosting, where you are mid-conversation with someone and they disappear off the face of the planet.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗

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

A partner – finding her and enjoying the rest of our lives together. Hopefully it will happen one day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A steam train driver.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗

Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

I bought a sports car over 20 years ago and still have it. She’s a black Z8 BMW. I love her: she’s my pride and joy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗

Question What thought won't let you sleep? Daily life

A bee in my bonnet – whether that’s a song in my head or a person I’m thinking about.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗

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