John Cooper Clarke: What single thing would improve the quality of your life?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded John Cooper Clarke said elsewhere, not written here

A mobile phone.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

A Human Touch massage chair in every house.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 October 2025 source ↗

David Hare Playwright and screenwriter

I get to airports ridiculously early. It’s an uncontrollable urge.

Recorded Rob McGibbon, The Definite Article, Rob McGibbon, 27 August 2011 source ↗

David Hasselhoff American actor, singer, and television personality

A new TV series.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗

Danny DeVito American actor, comedian and filmmaker

If I had that super power.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 January 2013 source ↗

Happiness is the target one only has to aim at in order to miss.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗

Peter Hitchens: he ploughs the lonely furrow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗

Singing Abide With Me at the funeral of Bruce Reynolds [ringleader of the Great Train Robbery], March 2013.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗

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