Ruth Jones
Welsh actress, producer, and writer
My mother, Hannah: nearly 82, mother of four, homemaker, retired GP and knitter extraordinaire.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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What most recently made you cry?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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.
Dawn French, because I am sitting next to her and she says if I don’t say her, she will hurt me.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 October 2018 source ↗
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Paul Theroux
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The Buddhist monk Tapa Snim I met in Burma in 2007, all of whose earthly possessions he carried in a small bundle slung on one shoulder.
King Charles III, because he’s working hard to save our planet.
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I’ve been to two postmortems in real life, and spent the last 14 years talking about death at work – so, pretty close.
Listening to the last 10 minutes of the podcast S-Town. It is one of my favourite reminders of what life is truly all about.
In my childhood, when I didn’t think about whether it was happy. It just was.
Any writer who thinks I’ve ruined their work in performance.
A cellist, inspired by my mum and dad’s friendship with Jacqueline du Pré, and seeing a documentary about her.
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