Mark Radcliffe: How would you want people to remember you? — FLAPSS

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How would you want people to remember you?

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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.

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Mark Radcliffe

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As someone who made people laugh, introduced them to good music and wasn’t too much of a pain in the arse.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

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Kwame Kwei-Armah Actor and playwright

As someone who cared about others.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 October 2018 source ↗

John Waters American filmmaker

As a funny guy who surprised you once in a while.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗

In a photo album of just one family.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 October 2023 source ↗

Bozoma Saint John Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix

As the biggest, brightest, most bodacious badass that ever lived.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2017 source ↗

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Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

Having three great daughters, having been on the radio for nearly 50 years and not being dead.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

This was said about me in a Radio 1 focus group: “I don’t pay my licence fee to hear scummy northerners.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A drummer in a famous band or an astronaut.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

The Radio 1 breakfast show was an embarrassing moment that lasted for nine months.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

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

Throat and neck cancer in 2018. They told me six to eight months if it hadn’t been caught.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Fairly decent bloke.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

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