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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
My dad. It's only now that I realise the huge sacrifices that he made to give us a good upbringing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2013 source ↗
Right now, PJ Harvey.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2011 source ↗
Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 May 2025 source ↗
A friend named Charles Strobel, who runs the Campus for Human Development in Nashville. It’s a homeless shelter. He lives a life of pure kindness, and he’s a funny guy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2017 source ↗
When I received my scholarship to art school in 1945.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
Not having longer legs.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
My parents. We didn’t realise how absolutely desperate they were when we left Germany, because my father couldn’t earn anything. A letter turned up fairly recently in which he said, “We’ve been through a terrible time because Julia [my mother] never stopped talking about suicide and not just for herself, but to take the children with her.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
Nothing, really, because it was all interesting.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
Secretary to a lawyer. I was sacked after a week.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
Abi Morgan, Adam Clayton, Adeel Akhtar, Adwoa Aboah, Alfre Woodard, Alice Eve
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