Neneh Cherry
Swedish singer
Whenever all my children and my grandchild are near.
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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.
Right now and when I was pregnant and when my children were very young.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗
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Margaret Atwood
Novelist, poet and critic
Can't pick and choose, it's bad luck.
Roger Taylor
English musician, songwriter, and record producer
When I first heard one of our records on the radio.
Paul Merson
English footballer and pundit
On holiday in Orlando with my wife, Kate, and kids just before lockdown. I wasn’t drinking or gambling. I was so happy, so at peace with myself – I’d been searching for that for many a year.
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Arrogance and a lack of respect for others.
Procrastination ... getting overwhelmed ... getting stuck.
Making a gourmet dinner with my husband, Tom, then just hanging out with our four children, their spouses, and our delightful grandchildren.
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