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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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.

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Olly Alexander English singer and actor
Jill Nalder. Lydia West played her character in It’s a Sin. She was on the wards with nurses caring for patients who were dying [of Aids] when lots of people wouldn’t go near them.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 March 2025 source ↗
Monica Ali British writer, novelist
Clive Stafford Smith. He campaigns for prisoners on death row in the US.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 April 2011 source ↗
My wife, because of the lessons we’ve learned and what we have overcome over the course of our time together.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗
Sadiq Khan Mayor of London since 2016
Mo Farah represents everything that’s great about our country.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2016 source ↗

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