Simon Mayo
English radio presenter and author
The friend behind the microphone.
What would you like to be remembered for?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Just being remembered at all would be great.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
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Gino D'Acampo
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As a nice and fair guy who helped bring authentic Italian cooking to the UK.
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Lauren Laverne
English radio DJ, and television presenter
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
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View profile →I would put the brain that I have now into my 20-year-old body.
“Your career will be over if you have the baby.”To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why? My parents, for my teenage years. I tried to run away when I was 15. We lived in a fishing village in France and, with my boyfriend, I headed to Spain to sell arts and crafts on the beach. Mum came and took me home.
I haven’t stopped crying since Glastonbury, because I’m on a massive comedown.
Now, with time and wisdom you know your happy places.
Horrible gigs at the beginning, when no one’s interested.
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