Liz Jones: 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 Liz Jones said elsewhere, not written here

Celia Hammond: she gave up a glamorous life to rescue cats.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Cathy Rigby. She was really good in that stage version of Peter Pan. No joke.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2011 source ↗

Maxine Peake British actress

My grandad for having the courage always to be himself.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2011 source ↗

Lleyton Hewitt Australian professional tennis player

Greg Norman, for the way he handles winning and losing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 July 2016 source ↗

Father John Misty American musician

Grace Zabriskie – her style; her woodworking.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

Married, in my Georgian house, four cats. It lasted a day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2013 source ↗

Heartbeats, by Jose González.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2013 source ↗

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