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, 20 September 2025 source ↗
The missus. She is the glamour mamma mia at the top of our feudal pyramid. We all live together, so she’s a full-time grandmother and rules the roost. How she steered us through lockdown was extraordinary.
My wife, Daniela. She is the bringer of joy and clarity, and she is very beautiful.
It's not a competition.
Aung San Suu Kyi – for her courage, self-sacrifice and showing that you don't need to be fierce to be strong.
Ignorance and rudeness. Decency and a please and thank you cost nothing.
The notion that anything is possible.
I last shed a tear when my nephew, who is under 10, announced that he was learning the trombone. When I was about the same age and wanted to learn the trumpet, a music teacher said: “The trumpet isn’t for you. You’ve got too-thick lips.”
Looking back is not productive.
I’m slightly impatient.
“Do you know what your problem is?” It was a dear friend of mine. They were referring to the fact that I’m impatient.
Brian Cox, Sofie Gråbøl, Sheryl Crow, James Dyson, Adam Clayton, Tom Ellis
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