The question
What do you believe happens when we die?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A recurring late-stage question in The Guardian Q&A, with materially different answers on publisher-hosted pages.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
We go back from whence we came.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗
Twenty-one grams of energy goes into the universe.
I think our kids take our stuff!
I think we go back into the earth.
When my kids ask, “What happens when we die?” I say, “Do you remember the place you were in before you were born? I think we go back there.”
I’ve learned that true love shouldn’t be complicated. It’s the safety and freedom to be seen and celebrated for who you truly are.
I’d give my younger self the lessons I’ve learned over the years, sparing myself the need to figure everything out so publicly.
Whenever I’m swimming in the lido at London Fields.
My friend Josie Naughton, the co‑founder and CEO of the charity Choose Love, which supports refugees and displaced people. She left her job working for Coldplay to dedicate her life to this cause.
Watching the news. Human life seemed pretty cheap in 2024.
Whenever I walk past an ice-cream shop, I just can’t not buy an ice-cream.
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