Ricky Wilson
Singer; frontman of Kaiser Chiefs
A positive panic attack.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Freedom: it’s euphoric.
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Jeremy Vine
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Joy and frustration.
Marie Kondo
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Warm and fuzzy.
Surprise. Smiles. Courage. Safety.
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I would instil confidence in my younger self.
Stevie Wonder: he’s brought so much joy to the world for so many years.
A Feurich piano: one of the first things I bought when I could afford it.
I was a perfume girl at a department store in Aberdeen. I was so bad at it, I didn’t make it to the end of the day.
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