The question
What lesson has mattered most in your life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Don’t answer every question you’re asked.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 August 2026 source ↗
We are not here for long – try not to take everything too seriously.
Do not take life too seriously, this is all a sham.
Offer kindness always.
That there is no ideal life. Disappointments sit around every corner, so enjoy the here and now.
“Let’s face it, you’re not Ingrid Bergman.” I was 19 and he was a potential boyfriend. My only thought at the time was: “I’m not?”
Not keeping off the last 5lbs.
Fifteen years ago, I totally forgot my lines on stage and was mortified. We skipped two pages of dialogue and took three minutes off the play – to the delight of the audience!
A dress designer.
Climate change.
At the election of Joe Biden, thinking we were out of the woods. Wrong.
Ciarán Hinds, Arlene Phillips, Monica Dolan, Christopher Hitchens, Ben Okri, Desmond Tutu
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