What single thing would improve the quality of your life?

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Rick Stein English chef

To have my wife, Sarah, living in England permanently.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2013 source ↗

Bella Freud British fashion designer

A more even mood.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2017 source ↗

Katharine Hamnett English fashion designer

A hydrogen-powered private jet for me and my dog. We’d be zero carbon dioxide emissions, so could go anywhere we liked.

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

Zandra Rhodes British fashion designer

A quiet moment.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 July 2021 source ↗

A Human Touch massage chair in every house.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 October 2025 source ↗

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