Incompetent leadership.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2013 source ↗
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Ghosting, where you are mid-conversation with someone and they disappear off the face of the planet.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗
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Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2026 source ↗
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Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and photographer
That they don’t give way quickly.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2013 source ↗
Bruno Tonioli
Italian choreographer
Meanness and lying.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗
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View profile →I bought a sports car over 20 years ago and still have it. She’s a black Z8 BMW. I love her: she’s my pride and joy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗
A bee in my bonnet – whether that’s a song in my head or a person I’m thinking about.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗
For being one of the good guys.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗
Anyone who promotes peace.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗
Fear, anxiety and panic attacks.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗
A steam train driver.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗
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