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.
Dr. Pedro Cavadas, a pioneer in face transplants and a specialist in the transplant of severed members. This surgeon from Valencia devotes his summer breaks to travel to Africa and tend to children who have been castrated in tribal conflicts.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2020 source ↗
My best friend, the choreographer Dougie Squires. Somebody once said his heart is like a hotel with hundreds of doors for everybody.
Tony Benn, for moving to the left throughout his life rather than to the right.
Malala Yousafzai, Gloria Steinem, Meryl Streep – all suffragettes, in their own way.
Angela Merkel; she seems wise, compassionate, curiously huggable.
Like John Huston, after shooting The Dead.
A sudden summer breeze on a hot afternoon.
Christopher Eccleston, Grace Coddington, Martin Sheen, Ralph Ineson, Sadie Frost, Samantha Morton
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