Jess Phillips
British politician
In the car with my kids, singing Purple Rain.
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Now. I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗
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Carl Barât
English musician
The last time I held my children and every time before that. They’ve been my salvation.
Mel Giedroyc
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Yesterday: sun-lounger, back garden, cup of tea, radio on.
Adrian Dunbar
Irish actor
My first year of drama school: a sense of freedom, doing something I wanted to do and being with lovely people.
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Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.
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When I was about 15, I auditioned to play Alice In Wonderland on Broadway, and they cast someone else. I never got over it.
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