Laurence Fox: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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.

Recorded Laurence Fox said elsewhere, not written here

My mum, because she raised five children. I am raising two and it’s hard work.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2019 source ↗

Others on this question

Cybill Shepherd American actress and former model

Jimmy Carter, for his wisdom and courage in going to meet Hamas.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

My dear friend Eve Plotkin, supervising attorney at the N.Y. Legal Aid Society, head of the Family Law Unit for 25 years.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2022 source ↗

Anne Enright Novelist and short-story writer

Catherine Corless, who spent her own money to secure birth certificates for the unrecorded dead children of the Tuam mother and baby home.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2024 source ↗

Ashley Jensen Scottish actress and narrator

Malala Yousafzai; she’s a wonderful humanitarian.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2017 source ↗