Finally nailing being on time.
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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How close have you come to death?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
As a complex and brilliant man.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗
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Philippa Perry
Psychotherapist and author
It’s probably a bit of an ask, but I’d like my latest book to stay in print. For ever.
Jonnie Peacock
British athlete
Someone happy and cheeky who tried to change perceptions.
Meera Syal
British writer and actress
Often, with laughter.
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Relapsing. I usually spend eight, nine, 10 months sober, then I’ll spend a day relapsing and I get disappointed. But it never lasts too long. I get back up and try again.
I’ve been in six car accidents – none of them while I was driving.
My collection of paintings. I have some by William Burroughs.
An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.
Two days as a labourer in my 15th summer.
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