Neneh Cherry: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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 Neneh Cherry said elsewhere, not written here

My grandmother, Marianne Karlsson.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2014 source ↗

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Kirsty Wark Scottish journalist and television presenter

People in their 80s who are still volunteering and giving to the community.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 December 2010 source ↗

Zoe Ball British TV and radio personality

All the NHS workers, care home staff and teachers who are the real superheroes of 2020.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗

Susan Greenfield British scientist

An Italian neuroscientist called Rita Levi-Montalcini. She is now over 100. Under Mussolini she was forbidden from practising medicine because of the race laws. So she set up a lab in her basement, and the work she did there laid the foundations for her winning the Nobel prize.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2011 source ↗

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