Alison Goldfrapp
English musician and record producer
Anyone who is a carer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 May 2010 source ↗
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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I really admire Bonnie Raitt. She is a singer songwriter who has been doing what she has been doing for so many years and she recently won the song of the year Grammy for Just Like That. I loved the validation that creativity never stops, you can keep doing the things that you love.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
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David Baddiel
Comedian and writer
The comedian Norm Macdonald. He’s the funniest man in the world, but so committed to being funny, he’s continually screwing up his career.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2016 source ↗
Hayley Squires
English actress and playwright
Two friends who work for the NHS, Jason and Kate. One is a paramedic and one has been moved to work in an ICU.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2020 source ↗
John Cooper Clarke
English poet
Peter Hitchens: he ploughs the lonely furrow.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
Having breast cancer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
I was a ticket taker at the Universal Amphitheatre, an outdoor music venue. I saw everybody – Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, the Eagles, Elton. But, after that, we had to clean the women’s restrooms and that was horrible. There was a lot of drinking, a lot of vomiting, a lot of very messy bathrooms.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
Losing my memory. My mom had Alzheimer’s disease, and I never ever want to have that decline.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
I was opening in a play in my 20s, and my agent came on opening night, brought flowers, took me out to dinner and then told me she was no longer going to be representing me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
I was doing a photoshoot right after an awards show and I was talking about someone whose makeup I really didn’t like. I said: “She’s gorgeous, I don’t understand how a makeup artist could encourage that?” And the makeup artist on the photoshoot said: “I did her makeup.”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
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