The question
What keeps you awake at night?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
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People singing in the street.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗
The fear of nightmares.
Our son. And ideas for Woman’s Hour, or businesses to start.
The fact that I might wake up early.
My phone and social media.
I think we’re definitely gone, but I do think people leave traces everywhere from what they did in life, and live on and continue to make an impact through the ripple effect of that.
Catastrophising.
Accidentally walking on to set naked for a scene where I wasn’t actually supposed to be naked.
Everything’s temporary, and how to make aioli.
In the back of my mind I just assumed I’d be in a boyband at some point.
Snobbishness, superiority, condescension.
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