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.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2017 source ↗
Running down a hill in midsummer sunshine aged eight, singing ELO's Mr Blue Sky.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2010 source ↗
When I found out that I was having my baby. They told me I was having a little girl and I named it Elizabeth. Then, when the baby was born it was my beautiful boy, Mark.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 June 2018 source ↗
In bed this Saturday.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2017 source ↗
In my 60s. So many things that tortured me when I was younger have fallen away. Writing The Apology, the letter I wrote in my father’s voice, apologising for abusing me, has freed me from the last vestiges of anger, confusion, rancour and hate. It released me from a frame that had determined my life.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2019 source ↗
Getting hired. With the possible exception of my daughters’ births and my wedding day, the happiest moments of my life were when someone offered me a job.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 September 2017 source ↗
Talking too much.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2017 source ↗
Absentmindedness.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2017 source ↗
Failure to be on time.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2017 source ↗
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