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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗
Right now. It's a beautiful thing to find yourself "the wrong side of 40" and more in love with life than ever. I never tell people this publicly as they wrongly assume the only valid creative state is that of the cliche of the tubercular, tortured artist coughing up blood in his garret.
French kissing on Tower Bridge under a full moon in the wee small hours.
There are many moments of happiness for me. I swim in a sea of them. They are related to my family and work.
In the hospital when my children were born.
Michelle Obama.
When people talk over others.
Indecisiveness. It can be really annoying, especially when I am out to dinner and can’t decide between the chicken or the fish.
Seeing my family thrive and being underwater.
When I “poll the audience” and my need to please others.
Andrew Marr, Imelda Staunton, Paul Merson, Johannes Radebe, Joss Whedon, Tom Daley
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