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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Repeated verbatim in The Guardian's long-running Saturday Q&A; two publisher-hosted examples establish recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
My mother and my brother would still be alive. So much of my life has been coping with the grief of losing them.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗
I wish I could go back and not be the anxious child that I was. I spent the first 25 years of my life just trying to survive human interaction.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2025 source ↗
There was a very large part of my 20s where I was an alcoholic, and an addict. When I lost my dad to cirrhosis, I knew that the only difference between us was that, tragically, he couldn’t stop whereas I could.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 June 2026 source ↗
I might have carried on doing The Voice.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2020 source ↗
I’d rather be enjoyed while I am still here.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
The Strictly Come Dancing final almost destroyed me. I was howling all the way through – John and Johannes and then Rose and Giovanni. Oh my God.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
There are different flavours of happy, but I think my favourite is the quiet contentment when several generations of family are sitting together watching a crowd-pleaser like Harry Potter on the telly.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
I wanted to be like my dad, who was an academic, because he had an office packed full of books, always had loud music on, and seemed to get to do what he wanted.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
My biggest disappointment is always myself. That’s my Catholic upbringing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
A caravan. I was brought up going on caravan holidays – but we quickly realised that a double-axle caravan was too much of a commitment and sold it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 February 2022 source ↗
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