The question
What accomplishment matters most to you?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being a parent.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗
I am an ambassador for Rotary, and we are very close to eradicating polio. When I was younger, I lived in Mumbai and, as a kid from England, I was traumatised by seeing children on the street without limbs.
The contentment I have now.
Being dad to my kids and having a family.
My daughters and granddaughters.
If you commit to it, you won’t ever stop learning.
Things I wish I’d done better that day.
Being present where you are.
Hopefully we have life in the minds and hearts of the people we interacted with.
Slow but trying.
Giving a speech in high school at a pep rally that wasn’t going so well and the dean unplugged the mic. Apparently, I was rambling and the spirit of the cafeteria was being weighed down.
Johannes Radebe, Jodie Whittaker, Rosie Jones, Bryan Adams, Graham Norton, Joanne Froggatt
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