Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Repeated verbatim in The Guardian's long-running Saturday Q&A; two publisher-hosted examples establish recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗
The peace of the Sabbath, of a stopped world, a time outside time, was palpable, infused everything, and I found myself drenched with a wistfulness, something akin to nostalgia, wondering what if: What if A and B and C had been different? What sort of person might I have been? What sort of a life might I have lived?
My password. [In 2014, Brown Findlay’s iCloud account was hacked.]
I wouldn’t because everything is connected with everything else.
Not getting older at each birthday, but I appreciate it beats the alternative.
Anyone who can pick up a house spider with their bare hands.
A perfect cup of coffee – warm, bittersweet, anxiety-inducing and delicious.
Endless vomiting. That comes from my emetophobia, which is a huge part of my OCD.
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Tenacious, romantic, organised.
Christmas elf at the Rainforest Cafe.
Riz Ahmed, Edward Fox, Rachel Whiteread, Burt Reynolds, Alison Steadman, Eddie Marsan
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