How close have you come to death?
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I was about two, I accidentally knocked a boiled kettle on myself. I am scarred, in many ways, from that.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗