Rick Stein: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

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

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

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

Recorded Rick Stein said elsewhere, not written here

The Dalai Lama.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Isla Fisher Australian actress

David Walliams, for making the transition from comic actor to bestselling kids’ author. I’m not sure I’ll be able to do the same.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2016 source ↗

Sister Alice Marie Quinn, who runs St. Vincent Meals on Wheels in Los Angeles.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2010 source ↗

Fran Lebowitz American author and public speaker

At the moment, Ukraine’s president.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2022 source ↗

Ashley Walters British actor and rapper

My mum – I've watched her struggle financially, emotionally, mentally even, and she's come through it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2012 source ↗

Sanctus from Fauré's Requiem.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2013 source ↗

To have my wife, Sarah, living in England permanently.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2013 source ↗

March 1981 – preparing to open The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow, for a new season.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 September 2013 source ↗

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