Rick Stein
English chef
The Dalai Lama.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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.
My mum, because she’s been a nurse for over 40 years. She works in a hospice, and there’s no bullshit with her.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2019 source ↗
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I am in my ninth decade, so most people I have admired are no longer alive.
Imelda Staunton
English actress and singer
Danny Boyle, for obvious reasons.
Patti Smith
Musician, poet and photographer
The artist Gerhard Richter.
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View profile →British summers give me a really happy feeling. My bedroom at our family home in Harrow looks out on to our garden and a cricket field, and you just know when it’s the first day of summer.
That all the cliches about people in the music industry are true.
Everyone I ever met in 2007, because I was definitely about two hours late.
Surviving the music industry. I think it’s been responsible for killing a lot of musicians. Lots of us have mental health issues, and drink and drug problems, and the industry doesn’t really care.
I had heart surgery when I was 17. The other time was when I fell off my piano. My head was an inch away from a metal step.
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