Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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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.

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Recorded Reece Shearsmith said elsewhere, not written here
There's a man at the tube who hands out ShortList magazine. He has never given up trying to make me take one. I admire that.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2014 source ↗

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Esther Rantzen
Alan Bates, Lord Arbuthnot and Nick Wallis for exposing the Post Office and Fujitsu and, let’s hope, for ensuring everyone is properly compensated.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2024 source ↗
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen English interior designer and television personality
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.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗

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