Clare Bailey Mosley: 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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Clare Bailey Mosley

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Connection, warmth, somebody you can trust and, quite happily, say nothing to.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗

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It’s not all soft focus and wheat fields. Love songs can be about hate, fear, envy, lust and anger, because that’s part of love as well.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

Anita Rani British broadcaster and journalist

Hard work, painful.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2021 source ↗

John Waters American filmmaker

A wonderful, terribly exciting disease.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗

Emeli Sandé British singer

Freedom: it’s euphoric.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2017 source ↗

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Question When did you last change your mind about something important? Change of mind

Six months ago, I decided to move house. I got a skip, cleared everything out and then thought: “Why am I doing this?” So I remained, and I’m glad I did.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

To have made people healthier and happier.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗

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

To be inquisitive.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗

Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

A garden chair from the Chelsea flower show. It was almost the price of a small crappy car.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗

Question What would you most want to leave your children? Death & what remains

That they were loved.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗

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

Time blindness.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗

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