The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?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.
Carlos Acosta, for his incredible achievement in dance.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 October 2010 source ↗
My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.
Sienna Miller. For obvious reasons!
Zelenskyy for holding out against Putin.
The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.
Life is never fair.
A Biba dress when I really couldn’t afford it. It was every scrap of my money and I’ve never parted with it.
Loving, creative, demanding.
Each time I gave birth.
In school, I was 11, and we had to paint a picture of family life. My painting was held up to the class and I was told it looked like a spider with ink on its feet had walked across the page. It was done so viciously – humiliating.
I play Classic FM in the car – emotional music brings me to tears thinking about people I’ve loved and lost.
Sofie Gråbøl, Brian Cox, Sheryl Crow, Tom Ellis, Adam Clayton, James Dyson
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