Vince Cable
British politician
My best times have been around my family.
When were you happiest?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2019 source ↗
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Emily Watson
English actress
About half an hour ago, watching through the window as my dad and two-year-old daughter walked to the paper shop together.
Elisabeth Moss
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Whenever I'm with my mum and brother. We have family dinners every Sunday – it's become quite the tradition.
Jo Brand
English entertainer
I don’t tend to rank happy times.
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Pope Francis, who left the Vatican to wash the feet of non-believers.
Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen from A Star Is Born or You’ll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.
There’s no point living at my age with many ingrained great fears. Though I do have that dream that I walk out onto the stage nude. Does that count?
As someone who loved the ideals of American democracy and made my small contribution to it.
As a teenager I told my father, “You led us into the camp like sheep to slaughter.” I knew I had hurt him, this man that I loved so much. That’s haunted me all my life.
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