Bernadine Evaristo
English author and academic
When I met my husband, David, in 2006, on Dating Direct.
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What scares you about getting older?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Mornings. Playing music, fresh coffee, dippy eggs and soldiers, my girlfriend – what’s not to love?
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The day of my civil partnership.
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The most unabashed joy I’ve ever felt was that first 24 hours of magic after our son was born in California last June.
Right here, right now.
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I am genuinely buzzed about it! I think we just keep getting better, smarter, wiser, truer, happier.
I was the PE technician at my old secondary school, so I had to pump up all the balls, wash all the kits and get the form notes in before morning registration every day.
Offer kindness always.
Learning to get back up.
My sister. She is the most loving, positive and generous person I know.
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