Stephanie Beacham: What single thing would improve the quality of your life?

The question

What single thing would improve the quality of your life?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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

Stephanie Beacham

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Two ears. I am deaf in my right ear and I’ve just developed musical tinnitus – it’s not an interesting tune and you don’t choose it. I had three weeks of Hare Krishna night and day. Then it changed to Rod Stewart’s Sailing.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗

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Bella Freud British fashion designer

A more even mood.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2017 source ↗

Daniel Mays British actor

A utility room.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2020 source ↗

Riz Ahmed British actor and rapper

Less admin, emails, phone calls; more space to think, read and sleep.

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

Andrea Riseborough British actress

Just an instinct, but I think reading more Mark Twain.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗

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None. I love reading, and I read a good book and a bad book at the same time.

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Haven’t done it yet.

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I was 15 working in Boots on Barnet High Street and it was terrifying. At coffee break you had to know whose cup was whose, and taking the wrong cup was a crime. I’ve met bitches, but I tell you they started out in Boots in Barnet.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗