Richard Coles: 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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Richard Coles

British musician, writer, presenter and priest

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The best thing in the world.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

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Melanie Chisholm British pop singer

Safe, strong and smiley.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2016 source ↗

Olly Alexander English singer and actor

Like something or someone is part of your DNA, the fabric of who you are.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 March 2025 source ↗

Roger Taylor English musician, songwriter, and record producer

It comes in flashes, so it feels fleeting.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 October 2021 source ↗

Laurence Fox English actor and activist

Different nowadays. It feels nourishing.

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

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Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

My paso doble on Strictly Come Dancing would be hard to beat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A great composer. I wrote to Benjamin Britten to tell him this and that he was my third favourite composer. For some reason he didn’t feel moved to reply.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

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

Technically, Ibiza 1990, because of the amount of ecstasy I’d taken.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

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

“I could never love you like that.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

Don’t overcook pasta.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

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

My financial incompetence.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

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