Beyoncé/Beyoncé’s hair person.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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What would you like to leave your children?
Death & what remains
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How would you describe yourself in three words?
Identity & self
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Sickeningly, it’s probably my wife, because she’s a legend.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 February 2026 source ↗
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Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.
Elisabeth Moss
American actor
This is kind of cheesy, but my mum.
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Working in farming in Somerset at 18, there were elements that were awful, and they were all really edifying. I mean, feeding chickens in sleet was hard work but I am so glad I did it.
Know the things you are responsible for and the things you aren’t.
A spirit of generosity.
Trying quite hard.
Infinity. I can’t get my head round it.
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