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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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2026 source ↗
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View all 214 →My sister-in-law and I are working towards the same goal, through different paths: the security of the human family.
As a nice human being who gave a shit.
It’s here. I’ve always thought that it was here. If you play to the gallery, that’s posterity. The best you can hope for is another gallery after you’ve gone, but you won’t see it. Statistically, it’s unlikely that much of what one does will be read for ever. It may just be one or two poems. For example, my Japanese Maple poem is famous among people who own a Japanese maple.
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Most days, I wanted to be Albrecht in the classical ballet Giselle, dancing until I dropped dead.
Like getting out of the right side of the bed every morning, even when you don’t.
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