The question
What would you most want to leave your children?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A spirit of generosity.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 February 2026 source ↗
Shortly after my terminal diagnosis, I knew that one of my biggest priorities was to create memories for my children. Chloe and Logan are both so young that it's likely they'll have no direct memories of me. Dylan is the oldest, and at 5 (turns 6 in December), his memories are likely to be fuzzy. Hence the engineering question: What would make for the sharpest, most visceral memory, esp. for a kid who loves animals? Answer: go for a Dolphin Swim!
That they were loved.
The rest should go to music education, since that’s what made such a difference in my life. I created a charitable trust called the Independent Musicians Charitable
The wisdom to become who they are in the truth of their spirit.
One of the first TV appearances that our band made in America, on the Craig Ferguson show. I forgot the lyrics to Little Lion Man and then broke two strings.
Know the things you are responsible for and the things you aren’t.
Trying quite hard.
This morning, in a really great conversation with my dad.
Disneyland x a million.
“I have it on very good authority he’s a complete cunt.”
Indira Varma, Mark Bonnar, Clare Bailey Mosley, Dervla Kirwan, Mariella Frostrup, Helen Skelton
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