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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 February 2021 source ↗
I bought a Mercedes convertible brand new in 2016 and I’ve only done 4,000 miles. I love cars – if I’m going to blow it, it’ll be on a sports car. I already have my eyes on the next one – I’ll get Simon Cowell to buy it.
In 1992 I was in New York, and somebody showed me a work by Louise Bourgeois. I never realised that sculpture could move me, and I was so affected by this piece that I bought it. It was a lot of money.
A 1962 Fender Stratocaster guitar I bought in 2014 for £10,000.
A Cessna Golden Eagle eight-seater aircraft. I flew it across the Atlantic both ways and did two US tours and two European tours in it. I finally sold it and got a job as an airline pilot in which I was paid to fly, rather than the other way round.
I am happiest when I am working.
If only I could drive. I have tried learning. I almost demolished James Ivory’s house in America. That was scary; I never drove again.
A doctor, a painter, an actress.
It’s nearly happened twice, each time after an operation.
Unfinished work and caffeine.
None: I do not want a funeral.
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