I see a woman I like, who is always worried about her hair.
The Guardian, The Guardian, 25 September 2009 source ↗
The question
How would you describe yourself in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Others on this question
View all 136 →Kind, loyal and (slightly) mad.
Glass half full.
Curious, thoughtful and kind.
Curious, suggestible, silly.
More from Barbara Taylor Bradford
View profile →The death of my beloved husband Bob [Bradford, an American movie producer] in 2019 was devastating because he hadn’t been ill. We were married for nearly 56 years and together for 58. He had a stroke in the night. His last words were, “I love you.” I’m so glad I told him, “I love you too, darling.” A week later he was gone.
I told Sean Connery he’d have to lose his Glaswegian accent and take elocution lessons if he wanted to be an actor. When he became James Bond, I never got a chance to tell him how wrong I’d been.
I told Sean Connery he’d have to lose his Glaswegian accent and take elocution lessons if he wanted to be an actor. When he became James Bond, I never got a chance to tell him how wrong I’d been.
No man has ever tried to pinch my bottom or lay a hand on me, and they’ve always shown me great respect. There’s a lot of rapists and bad men out there but a lot of decent ones too.
I've never really been unhappy.
I was a serious little girl growing up in Leeds and had supportive parents who were instrumental in my success.
More on identity & self
Also answered this
Alain de Botton, Neil Gaiman, Benjamin Zephaniah, Adam Zagajewski, Arlo Parks, Margaret Atwood
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All identity & self questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject