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.
Michelle Obama. Her girls were massive fans of So You Think You Can Dance and we were invited to the White House for the Easter egg hunt. She was even more brilliant than you imagine, and we bonded over a love of Beyoncé.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 May 2021 source ↗
All the Paralympic athletes.
People worship music artists or actors but I have a lot of admiration for doctors, people who save lives.
Bill Drummond, Thomas Bangalter and Jay-Z.
In 2010 there are slim pickings.
Horse riding in a steep canyon in Los Angeles. A couple of paparazzi had hidden under camouflage blankets and when a horse sees a lens, he thinks it’s the eye of a predator. My horse flipped out. When he landed, I ended up on his neck; that was pretty close.
Art. I recently bought a Sean Scully painting, I have a Damien Hirst, a Tracey Emin, a Polly Morgan snake and a couple of Jonathan Yeos.
To anyone I have lost touch with. It happened purely by accident as life took over.
Heart explosion.
Tom Ford, Chris Bryant, Harriet Walter, Olly Alexander, Hayley Atwell, Patti Smith
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