Una Stubbs: 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 Una Stubbs said elsewhere, not written here

My best friend, the choreographer Dougie Squires. Somebody once said his heart is like a hotel with hundreds of doors for everybody.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗

Others on this question

Yayoi Kusama Japanese artist

I am in my ninth decade, so most people I have admired are no longer alive.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 May 2016 source ↗

Lorraine Pascale British model and cook

Oprah – she's achieved so much.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2014 source ↗

Joshua Ferris American author

Thomas Pynchon, for his sentences.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2011 source ↗

Adwoa Aboah British fashion model

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – everything she writes speaks to me. Her Ted talk, We Should All Be Feminists, inspired everything I do with Gurls Talk.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2019 source ↗

Never learning another language.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗

A little balcony.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗

When I am painting.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗

Bringing up my three sons.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2016 source ↗

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