Monica Dolan: How would you describe what love feels like to you? — FLAPSS

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How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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Monica Dolan

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Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

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Sofia Helin Swedish actress

Warm and bubbly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2020 source ↗

Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser

Feeling you want someone else’s welfare as much and sometimes more than your own.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗

David Guetta French DJ

There are types: there is the world-being-comfortable type of love and there’s the lust-and-passion type of love – I think I like that one better.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2017 source ↗

Sharleen Spiteri

Uncontrollable, wonderful.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Not marrying the person I wanted to marry, but now I think it’s probably good that I didn’t.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

Question Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list? Taste & recommendation

Any unread book a friend bought me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

Another actress once said to me, “I’ve told you huge lies to make you feel good about yourself.” I’m not going to say who.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

Question What do you believe happens when we die? Death & what remains

Our friends are sad and miss us for a bit but, hopefully, they find other people at the party.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

I once walked up to Harriet Walter while she was having lunch on her own because I thought I knew her, and then when I got up to the table I realised I didn’t know her, I just recognised her because she was Harriet Walter.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗

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