Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Jo Brand said elsewhere, not written here
All women who slog their guts out every day, quietly getting on with bringing up their families.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 403 →
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen English interior designer and television personality
The missus. She is the glamour mamma mia at the top of our feudal pyramid. We all live together, so she’s a full-time grandmother and rules the roost. How she steered us through lockdown was extraordinary.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗
Freddie Flintoff. He played cricket in the best spirit and in his series Field of Dreams, you could see the boys hanging on his every word. He’s a special guy.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 March 2025 source ↗
My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2011 source ↗

More from Jo Brand

View profile →

More on values & belief

Also answered this · A–Z

Abi Morgan, Adam Clayton, Adeel Akhtar, Adwoa Aboah, Alfre Woodard, Alice Eve

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

Report this answer