Bertie Carvel
British actor
Things I said in interviews.
What keeps you awake at night?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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How close have you come to death?
Death & what remains
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The fact that at least 300,000 women die every year from pregnancy and childbirth-related issues that are largely preventable.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2017 source ↗
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Adam Peaty
British swimmer; Olympic champion 2016 and 2021
The realisation that I am not the best version of myself.
Adjoa Andoh
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Everything: I worry about whether the window frames need replacing, did I answer that email, how long my face is going to hold up, world peace, poverty…
Zoe Ball
British TV and radio personality
My son playing drum’n’bass.
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A midwife named Jennie Joseph. She is a tireless activist for women, family health and equal access to quality maternity care.
Before kids, when I was 13 or so, on the back of my horse, running at full speed in an open pasture. Post kids, happiness happens often, but in more subtle ways. I now prefer the word “content”.
The birth of my daughter.
To strangers. Living in New York, I see individuals every day who are invisible to so many. I want to say sorry that so many of us think their pain and suffering is not our own.
As someone who didn’t waste a minute.
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