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.
Amber, my aunt, and her boyfriend, Gian Luigi Valino – he has primary lateral sclerosis and she cares for him.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗
My manager and friend Colin Lester, who has protected me through the good times and the bad.
The amalgamation of my parents (OK, I know I'm cheating): together, they are an amazing combination of sensible and liberal. I couldn't imagine my life without their sacrifice and singular support.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his trajectory from performer to leading his country and then stepping up in such a magnificent way is extraordinary.
The elderly, because it takes courage to get through the day when there isn’t some glorious future ahead.
Not being a dad by the age of 32.
With the sun on my face and a beer in my hand, the morning after I had been in a car-jacking in South Africa.
Martin Freeman, Angus Deayton, Cynthia Nixon, Emilia Fox, Dominic Cooper, Sienna Miller
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