Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗
The mid- to late 80s, summers spent at Park End Farm in Atherton – ankle deep in horse manure and soaking wet from falls from badly constructed rope swings across streams.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2011 source ↗
When the kids were babies.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2011 source ↗
I am a happy person. I am happy every day. But if I had to pick a time it would be the first time I fell in love.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2009 source ↗
Five to 10, when I was just playing out and I didn’t realise I was a girl. Before my boobs came in, basically.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗
I love clothes and accoutrements, so it would be either a suit or a watch. I love Mark Powell in Soho, and Paul Smith.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗
I say it a lot to my kids when I’ve lost my temper, and I’ll save up a big one for when they are 18.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗
The Wimpy in Kingston when I was 16. I’d recently become vegetarian, and there weren’t many veggie burgers in 1988.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗
“I don’t love you.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗
It’s hard to beat David Attenborough. Everything he does is quality. I like people who make me proud to be British.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗
I wanted to be a footballer and then a squash player – I was in with a chance because I was very good. But I fell out of love with that by 14 or 15 and joined a youth theatre.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗
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