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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2020 source ↗
My aeroplane, a Diamond DA42. It’s a twin-engine aircraft and I bought her brand new to fly around the world solo. Very sadly my mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer about six weeks before I was due to take off, in May 2017, and she died early June. After that, I lost interest in doing it.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
A £400 Zandra Rhodes dress for the royal premiere of The Railway Children. More recently, a Wurlitzer jukebox for my husband’s birthday.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2018 source ↗
A 1955 Jaguar XK120. It was not in very good condition and, little by little, I brought it back to its former splendour.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 September 2018 source ↗
I spend most money on my garden.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2020 source ↗
An astronaut. I still do.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2020 source ↗
I wish I hadn’t been a heavy smoker for so many years.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2020 source ↗
Not getting into MI5.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2020 source ↗
A driving licence.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2020 source ↗
I went to a state school, so had to learn ancient Greek from scratch at Oxford.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2020 source ↗
Relief. (Not like that.)
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2020 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Adeel Akhtar, Alex Jones, Alex Lawther, Alison Moyet, Alison Steadman
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