Joely Richardson
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The elderly, because it takes courage to get through the day when there isn’t some glorious future ahead.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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When were you happiest?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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.
Anyone who is risking their life to cross a body of water with their family to escape war.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2019 source ↗
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Ed Sheeran, a little ginger boy from the farmlands in Suffolk who ran away to London, slept on the streets and became the biggest musician in the world.
Samantha Morton
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Harry apart, Michael Fassbender, because his acting is beyond my comprehension and I find him absolutely fearless and inspirational.
Beyoncé/Beyoncé’s hair person.
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That things didn’t get better.
The Importance Of Being Idle by Oasis. I’m in the video, which is basically my own funeral, so it’d be nice and macabre.
To anyone I’ve unintentionally hurt or upset.
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