The question
What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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More sleep – my children do not sleep.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2026 source ↗
Leading with joy.
To have more time.
Following the Zen proverb: you should sit and meditate for 20 minutes; if you’re too busy, then you should sit and meditate for an hour.
To have my wife, Sarah, living in England permanently.
My new year resolution is actually to read all the classics and I’m ashamed that I haven’t read everything by the Brontë sisters.
Getting to the end and thinking that I haven’t laughed enough.
Chaotic, warm, northern.
There’s a house near me that I adore and it came up for sale, and I got to the point of nearly buying it and then pulled out because I’m trying to be sensible.
After the 2012 Olympics I hosted the parade. I had on a little skirt and when the prime minister came on everyone cheered. I thought: “Oh my God, they love David Cameron,” but they were cheering because my skirt had blown up, and I’d flashed my knickers at him.
Good memories. When I’m gone, I want them to feel that they were always my No 1 priority.
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