Julien Macdonald
Welsh fashion designer
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
Question
What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
Question
When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Question
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
Question
Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
Question
What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My daughter Dolly singing Your Song by Elton John when she was 11. I was filming and the filming is pathetic because you can tell I’m just wobbling with tears. I want everyone to cry at my funeral, including my daughter.
The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 13 January 2025 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 179 →
Rory Kinnear
English actor
That will depend on when and how I die, but you couldn’t beat The Birdie Song to set the right tone.
Richard Osman
English TV presenter and writer
The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash, or the theme tune to Pointless.
Happy Day by Sarkodie. I’m half Ghanaian, and in Ghana funerals really are a celebration of life. You dance and sing; it’s just a completely different vibe to over here in the UK. I would hope at my funeral that everyone’s on their feet, having a good time.
More from David Baddiel
View profile →I cry a lot. Especially on planes. What is that about? On a plane, I’ll be in floods at The Good Dinosaur.
I’ve never been entirely happy, although for about 45 seconds after David Platt scored the winning goal against Belgium in the World Cup in 1990, I kind of blacked out with joy.
The comedian Norm Macdonald. He’s the funniest man in the world, but so committed to being funny, he’s continually screwing up his career.
My parents, for my new show.
A spreadsheet that, taking into account all other people’s experiences, makes it absolutely clear that I do have enough sex.
More on death & what remains
- What would you like to be remembered for? 220 answers
- How close have you come to death? 210 answers
- If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing? 54 answers
- What happens when we die? 53 answers
- What would you like to leave your children? 48 answers
- How would you like to die? 44 answers
Also answered this
Adrian Edmondson, Cressida Cowell, Shirley MacLaine, Ethan Hawke, Rebecca Front, Richard Osman
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All death & what remains questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject