Sally Phillips
British actress
I'm flighty. Yesterday, Peter Tatchell. Today, Jennifer Saunders.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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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.
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Billie Jean King. She’s the reason tennis is such an equal sport in terms of opportunity for women.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 December 2020 source ↗
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Julia Donaldson
British writer and playwright
Harper Lee, for writing To Kill A Mockingbird.
Stephen Dillane
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Russell Brand, for being his own man.
Anyone who can pick up a house spider with their bare hands.
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View profile →When Sean Connery died. He was a big tennis fan – a big Andy fan – and I met him a few times.
Firm, fair, fun.
On a flight, last February, from Atlanta to Rio. We went through a storm and I was convinced that the plane was going down. The overhead cabins were opening, everything was falling out, people were screaming and I was hanging on to my seat.
When I was 17, I was offered a tennis scholarship at the University of Virginia. I wish I had been brave enough to take it.
Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.
That Scottish tennis has failed to capitalise on the successes of Jamie and Andy.
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