The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
High-functioning introvert.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 May 2025 source ↗
Fun, fab and fearless.
Funny, loyal, genuine.
Speedy, bossy, loving.
Kind, insubstantial and dedicated.
Not knowing who my family are.
Throwing up all over the red velvet seats in the House of Lords on a school trip, aged nine.
When I decided that Mavis Staples was right – I don’t need to despise myself.
“And for you, sir?” It happens a lot.
Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.
A ballet dancer.
Mark Radcliffe, Juliet Stevenson, Matthew Kelly, Tony Christie, Jason Donovan, Jon Snow
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