It’s really, really nice.
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The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
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Something that you can’t describe or put in a box. It changes daily and surprises you when you least expect.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2021 source ↗
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Ronald Harwood
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Basking in the sun.
Your heart walking around outside your body.
So many different types. When I first met my husband, electric and vital. When I first held my boys in my arms, an overwhelming flood of defiant protection and magic.
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I had a car crash not long after passing my test, driving mates to a club on a Saturday night. Thankfully, everyone was OK – as was my dad about his car, which was a write-off.
A pair of Balenciaga boots. They were extortionate, but that has to be at least 10 years ago and I still wear them.
Martin Scorsese. I was, let’s say, slightly tactile with him during a Q&A; I was more nervous than I’ve been about anything. I kept tapping his knee, it might even have been bruised by the end.
As a nice person who always put others before myself. I’d also like my own posthumous tartan.
When I was a kid I was a chambermaid in my family’s hotel, and I once found a strap-on that someone had left behind.
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