Laura Kenny: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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.

Recorded Laura Kenny said elsewhere, not written here

Stephen Hawking: what he does is incredible. My nan died of motor neurone disease, which he has.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗

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Martin Kemp English musician and actor

Buzz Aldrin. I met him about 10 years ago and all I could do was look at his feet. What greater thing can you do than walk on the moon?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 July 2018 source ↗

Douglas Booth

My friend Josie Naughton, the co‑founder and CEO of the charity Choose Love, which supports refugees and displaced people. She left her job working for Coldplay to dedicate her life to this cause.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗

Laurence Fox English actor and activist

My mum, because she raised five children. I am raising two and it’s hard work.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2019 source ↗

Joe Wicks British fitness coach, television presenter and author

My mum was only 17 when she had my brother, and 19 when she had me. She was learning the ropes as she went along, and had a heroin addict boyfriend, which wasn’t easy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2020 source ↗

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Question If you could edit your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I would have spent every single day with my sister before she left to live in New Zealand. At my wedding, it was the first time I had seen her in two and a half years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗