The question
What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Removal of fear and anxiety.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 February 2026 source ↗
A halter for global mega companies, and the return of community. Throw in an ironing board that does the ironing and a floor that self-cleans.
A good understanding of how to use a computer.
Ten more cats (I've got two).
If my children could change their own nappies.
My parents, because I rather slipped from their standards on more than one occasion. And when they got older, I wish I’d been kinder and more tolerant with them.
Insurance – it’s such a scam.
Learning lines.
I didn’t get a part in a TV series for a writer that I’ve always wanted to work with, but I wasn’t right for it, if I’m truly honest.
Fifty per cent of the books on my shelf, so much so that I gave them away.
Friendly, opinionated, hilarious.
Michael Kiwanuka, Nicholas Parsons, Richard Osman, Simon Le Bon, Archie Panjabi, Andrew Ridgeley
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