English singer and actor
Jill Nalder. Lydia West played her character in It’s a Sin. She was on the wards with nurses caring for patients who were dying [of Aids] when lots of people wouldn’t go near them.
Recorded · The Guardian · 2025
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Victoria Rose, a British surgeon operating on children in Gaza.
Recorded · The Guardian · 2025
British fitness coach, television presenter and author
My mum was only 17 when she had my brother, and 19 when she had me. She was learning the ropes as she went along, and had a heroin addict boyfriend, which wasn’t easy.
Recorded · The Guardian · 2020
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
I think that Jay Powell in when, when the epidemic broke out, I think he acted in March of 2020 and I think if he'd waited two or three weeks, it would have been a disaster.
Recorded · CNBC · 2026
My dear friend Eve Plotkin, supervising attorney at the N.Y. Legal Aid Society, head of the Family Law Unit for 25 years.
Recorded · Vanity Fair · 2022
My mum [the actor, Sally Dynevor] in so many ways. She is the real definition of a superwoman to me.
Recorded · The Guardian · 2024
Whom do you read even though you disagree with them?
Originally asked
Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017
Vox used this as one of nine fixed questions in its 2017 series on intellectual habits.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York
Even though I’m not a utilitarian, and so I tend to disagree with Singer in terms of the general framework, this book literally changed my life.
Recorded · Five Books · 2022
Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics at Middlebury College
I chose this book because it’s written by a physicist, very elderly now, who has spent all his life working in controlled fusion. The title is a take on Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth .
Recorded · Five Books · 2021
Professor of Philanthropic Studies at the University of Kent
We should engage with these texts. I disagree with them, and I argue back against them, but I don’t think that means they shouldn’t be read and thought about.
Recorded · Five Books · 2021
How do you know when a piece of work is finished?
Originally asked
The Creative Independent, to working artists, its interview series
A repeated process question in The Creative Independent, asked across visual art, music, writing, performance, and mixed media.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Perfumer and writer
I think it’s similar to writing a poem, in a way. It’s almost like, when there’s nothing left to remove from the formula, it’s done.
Recorded · The Creative Independent · 2022
Documentary filmmaker
I don’t think I ever really know when a project is done because I make projects that could keep going on forever.
Recorded · The Creative Independent · 2020
Illustrator and author
I don’t know. Right now I’m just in the insecurity portion and nothing feels good enough.
Recorded · The Creative Independent · 2021
Composer, producer and musician
It’s always hard to decide when something’s done. To go back to the painting metaphor, maybe deciding something’s done is just letting the canvas dry and stepping away.
Recorded · The Creative Independent · 2026
Singer, producer and DJ
It really comes down to instincts. If I feel good about it and the people that I trust that are listening to it feel good about it, then it’s good to go.
Recorded · The Creative Independent · 2023
Poet
I don’t think you can finish a poem in the same way I don’t think you can finish a feeling, but I can find a tolerable place to pause.
Recorded · The Brooklyn Rail · 2025
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