Tuppence Middleton: How would you describe what love feels like to you?

The question

How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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

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Tuppence Middleton

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

A perfect cup of coffee – warm, bittersweet, anxiety-inducing and delicious.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗

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John Waters American filmmaker

A wonderful, terribly exciting disease.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗

Ronnie O'Sullivan English snooker player

It makes you feel like you want to live.What is the worst job you’ve ever done? Doing the audiobook of the first book. It was hard. I couldn’t do that again.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2023 source ↗

Tim Minchin Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian

Anxiety, mostly, once you have kids.

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

Katherine Parkinson English actor

Relief. (Not like that.)

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2020 source ↗

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