He knew where life was to be found.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2026 source ↗
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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.
As an interesting, amusing father by my children.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
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Mathew Horne
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As a half-decent actor.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
Jeremy Vine
English presenter and journalist
As a good father.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2019 source ↗
Gloria Steinem
Writer and feminist organiser
As someone who left the world around me a little kinder and less hierarchical.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
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In the early 90s, in the Andes, caught in an atrocious storm above 20,000ft with three others. We were all in a very bad way. Some guys close to us perished; we were lucky.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
Being exquisitely alive.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
Father Christmas at a department store. The plaintive sadness of the children’s unrealistic requests was almost unbearable.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
Rufus Wainwright’s Get Happy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
David Hare – he’s always fascinating and funny.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
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