The question
What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Wondering why I can’t sleep.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗
The third or fourth glass of wine.
Those mad thoughts. Did you turn off the air fryer? Have I booked my plane for tomorrow?
Rats scurrying in the roof. I won the last war but it’s only a matter of time.
The morality of stealing that red liquorice.
There are no more interviews.
Quietly somewhat funny.
Inability to listen.
Martin Sheen, simply the kindest and most fun-loving person and serious activist I’ve ever known. If Jesus was alive today he’d point to Martin Sheen and say, “That’s what I was talking about.”
Both parents, I’ll write the book someday.
People finding out my greatest fear.
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Phoebe Dynevor, Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Allam, Ali Abbasi, Sandy Powell
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