Richard Coles: How would you want people to remember you? — FLAPSS

The question

How would you want people to remember you?

Originally asked

Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

RC

Richard Coles

British musician, writer, presenter and priest

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

With an international holiday.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 213 →

Riz Ahmed British actor and rapper

If I am remembered at all that would be nice. I won’t be picky.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 April 2021 source ↗

Mathew Horne English actor

As a half-decent actor.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗

As the dark-haired bird from Bananarama.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

Harlan Coben American author

With a wistful smile.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2024 source ↗

More from Richard Coles

View profile →

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

The best thing in the world.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

My financial incompetence.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

Don’t overcook pasta.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Technically, Ibiza 1990, because of the amount of ecstasy I’d taken.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

“I could never love you like that.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

My paso doble on Strictly Come Dancing would be hard to beat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

More on death & what remains

Also answered this

Harlan Coben, Jane Asher, Kathy Lette, Andrew O'Hagan, Gregg Wallace, John Grisham

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

All death & what remains questions
The 73 Questions questionnaire — 5 questions from the same format
Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject

Report this answer