The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?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.
That's a hard one. All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Márquez.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2014 source ↗
Anybody who invests the lion’s share of their time in helping others.
Mike Leigh: his work is important.
I love and admire Julia Roberts, one of our Running Wild guests, for the way she has a few close friends, is loyal to her family, doesn’t believe in all the fame stuff and can laugh at herself.
My Nanny Frances, my mum's mum.
Jessica Hynes, Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Hudson, Reggie Yates, Dan Aykroyd, Nicholas Hoult
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