Douglas Booth: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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.

Douglas Booth

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My friend Josie Naughton, the co‑founder and CEO of the charity Choose Love, which supports refugees and displaced people. She left her job working for Coldplay to dedicate her life to this cause.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗

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Tina Brown British and American journalist

Harry Evans. My opportunities to admire him are many since I am – at time of writing – still married to him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 May 2010 source ↗

Ice-T American rapper and actor

Barack Obama – just for the simple fact he took the shot and went all the way to president.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2015 source ↗

Steve Jones Welsh television presenter

In 2010 there are slim pickings.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 July 2010 source ↗

Cuba Gooding Jr American actor

President Obama: he was the first to accomplish something so great in our country as an African American.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2012 source ↗