What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’m irritated by critics and academics who dismiss poetry that is popular, comprehensible or humorous.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 January 2026 source ↗