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.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2023 source ↗
On a personal level, the friend who is a single mum raising two kids by herself during this Covid era. She is a real hero. If a historical personality, I choose Mikhail Gorbachev, who probably saved the world from world war three.
Mandela. Also, artists and painters. I admire people who are creative.
Putin. Because he is so comfortably who he is.
David Hare – he’s always fascinating and funny.
Being with my husband, David, and the boys.
Entitlement, arrogance, and bigotry.
Dying, because I am so happy now.
Maureen O'Hara, Sheridan Smith, Ed Harris, A.J. Jacobs, Abby Wambach, Bear Grylls
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