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All the NHS workers, care home staff and teachers who are the real superheroes of 2020.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗
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.
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View all 407 →Anyone who can pick up a house spider with their bare hands.
Stephen Graham
English actor
My wife, Hannah. She’s amazing and keeps me in check. I met her 24 years ago at drama school.
Bryan Ferry
British singer
Richard Hamilton – as my teacher at college, he greatly influenced my ways of seeing art and the world.
Beth Ditto
American singer
There are far too many to choose.
More from Zoe Ball
View profile →My son playing drum’n’bass.
Being mum to my awesome children, Woody and Nelly. They make my day, every day. I do joke with them that I’m happy to pay for the therapy they’ll inevitably need in later years due to my terrible parenting.
As Naughty Grandma – you know, the one who is always causing mischief at Christmas.
I only ever wanted to be Barbra Streisand. I probably still do.
The failed attempt at a home perm on myself in the 80s. I wanted to look like Kelly McGillis in Top Gun.
That’s All by Mel Tormé.
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