The question
What would you most want to leave your children?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A strong sense of being loved and a hopefulness for their life ahead.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗
An understanding that kindness is the answer.
Good values and a lot of money.
A house in west London.
A spirit of generosity.
Yesterday because I was being paid to do it on stage.
I was going to a bar with friends and there was a line at the door. I’d been there before and asked the doorman to skip the line. He said, “Oh, I remember you, you were in Almost Famous, weren’t you?” And I said, “Yeah.” And he goes, “Yeah, get back in line.”
Being a parent.
Hopefully we have life in the minds and hearts of the people we interacted with.
A net positive from my time on Earth.
Slow but trying.
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