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.
Bruce Forsyth, because not only is he the most talented showman, he is the most generous individual.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 December 2016 source ↗
My mum – I've watched her struggle financially, emotionally, mentally even, and she's come through it.
It's not a competition.
Your average aid worker, wherever they may be. Any human being doing good by helping others, while putting themselves in harm’s way.
Camila Batmanghelidjh, the founder of Kids Company.
On a motorway three years ago. An HGV hadn’t seen me and pulled out. My father-in-law’s a truck driver and he said black cars are not very visible. I don’t drive them any more.
Holding my two babies, Phoebe and Amber, for the first time.
Serving bar snacks in a pub in my teens. Once I spilled an entire family’s Sunday lunch into the dad’s lap.
Ed Harris, Sheridan Smith, Maureen O'Hara, Bear Grylls, Terry Gilliam, Matt Smith
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