The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Worrying at things.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2026 source ↗
I’m incredibly patient with a lot of stuff, but incredibly impatient with other things. I deplore the impatient side.
Impatience and vanity.
Punctuality (outside of work, of course).
My personality.
Looking after the flowerbed on my windowsill.
On a train journey to Arcadia many years ago while making a TV documentary.
We don’t die. We change realms. Life is eternal. Living is not. Live while you are alive.
Alchemy. Love. Resilience.
A Dalí painting.
The wisdom to become who they are in the truth of their spirit.
Erin O'Connor, Alex Lawther, Tim Peake, Rose Tremain, Meghan Trainor, Chris Rock
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