Julian Clary
English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter
A gig in Chatham.
How close have you come to death?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My recent battle with cancer.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2024 source ↗
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Clara Amfo
Broadcaster
I choked on a hard-boiled lemon sweet when I was 13. My brother Sam saved me.
Paapa Essiedu
British actor
In 2016, the moment my agent rang me to tell me I’d got the part of Hamlet for the RSC. While I was on the phone, I looked to my left and turned to the right, and a bus whizzed by and the wing mirror was so close to me that it knocked my hat off.
Fatima Bhutto
Pakistani writer
I don’t know. I prefer it that way.
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View profile →I think any of us will be lucky to be remembered at all.
You’re going to come up against brick walls in life. You’ve got to go over them, under them, around them, or crash through them, but somehow or other you’ve got to get to the other side.
Aside from the night that my wife said yes, creating Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, and employing thousands of dancers for the last 30 years.
The day my son was born.
I don’t give myself that much thought.
On my deathbed thinking I wish I would have done something that I didn’t do.
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