Riz Ahmed
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If I am remembered at all that would be nice. I won’t be picky.
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Originally asked
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 a writer who championed women with grit and wit.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
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Robert Peston
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As a dad who was OK.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
English snooker player
As someone that loved what they did, embraced it wholeheartedly and never quit.
In a photo album of just one family.
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Bumping into my male boss at a nudist beach.
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Raising two children. If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, then you deserve a medal.
People who pretend to have perfect marriages. Perfect marriages are like orgasms – many of them are faked.
Worrying about the faux pas I made earlier that evening. I tend to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.
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