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.
Anyone who speaks truth to power at the risk of their own safety.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2024 source ↗
Peter Tatchell is a person very worthy of admiration, but few ever seem to acknowledge him as such.
Probably David Hockney, for achieving a perfect balance of life and work; for making great pictures; being charitable; and remaining bloody-minded.
Dolly Parton – she worked her way up from nothing.
Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.
Not very concise.
We are not here for long – try not to take everything too seriously.
Not a child, which was short-sighted of me.
An understanding that kindness is the answer.
I am in a public profession, so take your pick. It’s all embarrassing.
About five years ago, a half-tonne tree branch fell and missed me by three feet.
Mel Brooks, Robbie Williams, Nick Grimshaw, Jaime Winstone, Shirley Manson, Robert Evans
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