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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2020 source ↗
Being mum to my awesome children, Woody and Nelly. They make my day, every day. I do joke with them that I’m happy to pay for the therapy they’ll inevitably need in later years due to my terrible parenting.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗
Winning the first Green seat in parliament – although that’s cheating, really, as it was very much a collective achievement by the whole party.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗
After losing my mum still managing to finish drama school, because that was really difficult. I lost her in the first year.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2023 source ↗
Professionally, receiving my first Grammy from Whitney Houston.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2018 source ↗
I never said it out loud, but I had this “Why aren’t you like the other mums?” energy towards my mum. Now I am an adult, I am happy that she came here from Ghana and remained who she was, but for a long time I resented her.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2020 source ↗
Better bike lanes in London.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2020 source ↗
I choked on a hard-boiled lemon sweet when I was 13. My brother Sam saved me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2020 source ↗
Run to the Sun by NERD. I’ve always loved that song. People always think that Pharrell [Williams] wrote it about a lover but it was about his grandmother, who passed away. My brother was a massive NERD fan – he got me into them and there’s something so pure and loving about that song. I want my funeral to be a joyous occasion, I want people to rave and to wear bright colours. But for the moment of reflection, I want that song.
Recorded The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 7 November 2022 source ↗
When I was 11 and we got Sky TV.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2020 source ↗
Adam Lambert, Adele Parks, Alex Jones, Alice Eve, Alison Steadman, Andrea Riseborough
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