Sebastian Coe
British athlete and politician
Among others, Mikhail Gorbachev for leadership that enabled the peaceful transition from communism in eastern Europe.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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What does love feel like?
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When were you happiest?
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What most recently made you cry?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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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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Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his trajectory from performer to leading his country and then stepping up in such a magnificent way is extraordinary.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗
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Danielle Steel
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My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
Phil Daniels
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My mum – she's in her 90s, lives on her own, is lucid, wise and funny. And knows what a selfie is.
Gloria Steinem
Writer and feminist organiser
Dr Denis Mukwege, because he is to sexualised violence against females what Mandela was to apartheid.
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I am pretty proud of having got Aspects of Love back into the West End.
The best of times, the worst of times.
My first summer working, in 1984. I’d come out of drama school, I’d landed a job that got me an Equity card doing Godspell in Aberystwyth – and it was just unmitigated joy.
Watching Long Lost Family on telly.
My dogs. They didn’t cost that much to buy, but I’ve been paying for them since. We’ve two Tibetan terriers, Danny and Wilbur.
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