Caroline Lucas: What accomplishment matters most to you? — FLAPSS

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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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Caroline Lucas

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Winning the first Green seat in parliament – although that’s cheating, really, as it was very much a collective achievement by the whole party.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

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Rupert Graves English actor

Remembering to do things in order, because I have to transcend my nature, which is haphazard.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗

Paapa Essiedu British actor

After losing my mum still managing to finish drama school, because that was really difficult. I lost her in the first year.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2023 source ↗

Zandra Rhodes British fashion designer

Founding the Fashion and Textile Museum.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 July 2021 source ↗

John Waters American filmmaker

That I live a life with no contact with arseholes.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Not to have been joined by more Green MPs … yet.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister – for embodying a different, more compassionate politics.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

People remember how you make them feel more than they remember what you say or do.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Picnicking on the Downs with my family and dog – birds singing, sea sparkling, and mobile switched very firmly off.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

Following the Zen proverb: you should sit and meditate for 20 minutes; if you’re too busy, then you should sit and meditate for an hour.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

I very often set my heart on things – and if they don’t happen, I’m not great at dealing with disappointment.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

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