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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
These are the happiest days. I love the process of getting older and, sometimes, wiser.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗
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