Sandi Toksvig: What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? — FLAPSS

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

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Sandi Toksvig

Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer

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My life won’t have full quality until we achieve equality for all.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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Andi Oliver British cook, television and radio broadcaster, singer

I could be kinder to myself.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 December 2021 source ↗

Andrew O'Hagan Scottish author

For world capitalism to grind to a halt.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2026 source ↗

Lorraine Pascale British model and cook

To be more secure.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2014 source ↗

Joseph Fiennes English actor

A single-malt whisky.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Last Tuesday at 10 past three.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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

I wouldn’t bother learning how to use logarithms, and I might give netball a miss.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Like driving a Ford Mustang with the top down across the Golden Gate Bridge while the sun is setting and you have a dinner reservation in Sausalito.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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

My five-litre Ford Mustang.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

I’ve had a surprising number of near-death experiences: I was nearly blown up by a landmine in Sudan; I was stranded on the Zambezi river at night; I was bucked off a rodeo horse in Arizona and had to be airlifted to hospital; and, worst of all, I once ate a Pot Noodle.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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

Working on an assembly line in a plastics factory.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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