Nick Frost: What do you believe happens when we die? — FLAPSS

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What do you believe happens when we die?

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Nick Frost

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When my kids ask, “What happens when we die?” I say, “Do you remember the place you were in before you were born? I think we go back there.”

The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

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Rosalind Eleazar

I think that we dissolve into the soil and new things sprout from that.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

Neil Gaiman Author of fiction, comics and screenplays

I like the idea of being atoms that other people can breathe in, and fabulous worm food.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 October 2023 source ↗

I don’t know and I don’t really care, because I’ll be dead, so it won’t really matter.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2024 source ↗

The worms get to feast.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2023 source ↗

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Now. Five years ago, I started looking after myself a bit more, emotionally and spiritually, and it’s paid dividends.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Manipulative greed and hate.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

It would be my mum. She was a terrible alcoholic and I spent a lot of my time kind of hating her but, in the past five years, I realised why she did what she did and I could forgive.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

I am a massive people-pleaser and it brings me nothing but trouble.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

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

I like you but I wish you looked more like David Beckham.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

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

The Mona Lisa – I preferred the frame.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

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