Edward Enninful
Ghanaian-born English editor and stylist
Impatience. Though sometimes it helps!
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2022 source ↗
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I can’t cook. I use my smoke alarm as a timer.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 242 →My ability to make everything about me.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2017 source ↗
My problem with clothes. I’ve got an issue, haven’t I? I’m not a fella in a band who can turn up in his T-shirt and jeans. I’ve got the whole drama of what I’m going to wear: the hair, the makeup. All that preening and pruning that adds to the stress. I have begun to hate that perfectionist in me.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 September 2023 source ↗
Time blindness.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 December 2025 source ↗
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View profile →Hitchhiking across Australia as a teenager, relying on the kindness of passing serial killers.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Worrying about the faux pas I made earlier that evening. I tend to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Not winning any literary prizes.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Bedpan emptier in a hospital.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
Bumping into my male boss at a nudist beach.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
When the book of my enemy was discounted.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
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