Reece Shearsmith: 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 Reece Shearsmith said elsewhere, not written here

There's a man at the tube who hands out ShortList magazine. He has never given up trying to make me take one. I admire that.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2014 source ↗

Others on this question

Nadine Gordimer South African writer

Nelson Mandela. The epitome of courage and intelligence.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2012 source ↗

Mary Portas English retail consultant

My wife, Melanie. She's had real trauma and loss in her life, yet she starts every day with joy, and sees the world as a good place

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2012 source ↗

Rhys Ifans Welsh actor and musician

Anyone who is risking their life to cross a body of water with their family to escape war.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2019 source ↗

Judy Murray Scottish tennis coach

Billie Jean King. She’s the reason tennis is such an equal sport in terms of opportunity for women.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 December 2020 source ↗

Managing to find my wife and trapping her into marrying me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2014 source ↗

Sometimes the overwhelming realisation that I will one day die; but mostly that ShortList man from the tube throwing stones at my window.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2014 source ↗

On my honeymoon in Lapland.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2014 source ↗

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