Oti Mabuse: What single thing would improve the quality of your life?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Oti Mabuse said elsewhere, not written here

I couldn’t ask for anything else. I am super, super happy.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2019 source ↗

Others on this question

Richard Osman English TV presenter and writer

The capacity to genuinely enjoy going to the gym.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2016 source ↗

Less time on my phone.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗

Martin Freeman English actor

A really careful lobotomy, to switch off bits of my brain.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2019 source ↗

Steffi Graf German tennis player

A pause button. If I could be watching my kids enjoy something, and hit pause to make it last.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

When I realised that I was meant to be a dancer, aged 19.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2019 source ↗

A paediatrician, then I was like, I can’t dissect frogs! Then I fell in love with making things and understanding how things work.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2019 source ↗

Too much energy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2019 source ↗

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