Any recent gathering with friends and family; yesterday, running by the ocean; anytime, solving a problem or creating something. Right now, in bed with news and popcorn.
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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.
On my wedding day in Oxfordshire, six years ago.
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In my first bedsit when I went to art college in Leeds. It was a hideous basement, but I loved the freedom.
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The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.
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Kind, fun and that I cared.
Scraping plates in a fish and chip cafe in Whitby.
Being a decent person.
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