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.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2025 source ↗
Barack Obama, because he believed he could be president of the United States, and he succeeded. He was kind, and he tried to set a high standard of leadership.
Nelson Mandela.
My grandmother, Marianne Karlsson.
Putin. Because he is so comfortably who he is.
Oh when was the last time I didn’t?! I’m a crier. I cry. All the time.
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.
Learning to get back up.
The three things I strive for are authenticity, presence and empathy. You’d have to ask my loved ones if I’m pulling them off.
I am genuinely buzzed about it! I think we just keep getting better, smarter, wiser, truer, happier.
Mornings. Playing music, fresh coffee, dippy eggs and soldiers, my girlfriend – what’s not to love?
Enrique Iglesias, Andrea Bocelli, Robert Carlyle, Mary Berry, Daniel Clowes, Elisabeth Moss
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