Liz Jones: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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.

Recorded Liz Jones said elsewhere, not written here

Celia Hammond: she gave up a glamorous life to rescue cats.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Alison Steadman British actress

I have great hopes for Barack Obama.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗

Aside from my mom, my husband, and my mother-in-law, Gloria Steinem, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, and RBG.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2020 source ↗

Beth Ditto American singer

There are far too many to choose.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2012 source ↗

Dan Aykroyd Canadian and American actor and musician

My wife, Donna – she is an explorer, adventuress and true contributor to the lives of everyone she meets.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2013 source ↗

Heartbeats, by Jose González.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2013 source ↗

Married, in my Georgian house, four cats. It lasted a day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2013 source ↗

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