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.
It’s hard to beat David Attenborough. Everything he does is quality. I like people who make me proud to be British.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗
Bryan Stevenson.
Anyone who is risking their life to cross a body of water with their family to escape war.
Bob Geldof, because he changed the perception of what people should do when they see a situation of need.
My father, because he’s never run away from anything.
I love clothes and accoutrements, so it would be either a suit or a watch. I love Mark Powell in Soho, and Paul Smith.
When I am in Italy with the family, not thinking about work.
The Wimpy in Kingston when I was 16. I’d recently become vegetarian, and there weren’t many veggie burgers in 1988.
I say it a lot to my kids when I’ve lost my temper, and I’ll save up a big one for when they are 18.
I wanted to be a footballer and then a squash player – I was in with a chance because I was very good. But I fell out of love with that by 14 or 15 and joined a youth theatre.
“I don’t love you.”
Isla Fisher, Dan Aykroyd, Mel Giedroyc, Rob Delaney, Brian Cox, Terry Gilliam
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