As someone who was kind.
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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
As Naughty Grandma – you know, the one who is always causing mischief at Christmas.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗
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As somebody who tried.
“Oh, she giggled, didn’t she?”
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Fondly and down the centuries. I think partly what drives writers to write is the yearning for immortality.
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Being mum to my awesome children, Woody and Nelly. They make my day, every day. I do joke with them that I’m happy to pay for the therapy they’ll inevitably need in later years due to my terrible parenting.
That’s All by Mel Tormé.
My son playing drum’n’bass.
All the NHS workers, care home staff and teachers who are the real superheroes of 2020.
The failed attempt at a home perm on myself in the 80s. I wanted to look like Kelly McGillis in Top Gun.
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