Meera Syal
British writer and actress
My parents. They have been the best example of a loving and respectful marriage over 60 years.
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If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing?
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What most recently made you cry?
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, 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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Bill Drummond, Thomas Bangalter and Jay-Z.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗
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Erin O'Connor
English model
Annie Lennox - she's a private woman with integrity.
Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Icelandic singer
I find most children quite inspiring.
Sickeningly, it’s probably my wife, because she’s a legend.
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I cry all the time.
My brother was singing Yellow Submarine on stage with his class. I was singing along with them, showing off cos I knew all the words. The song ended suddenly and I was the only one in the whole hall who sang, 'We ...'
I'd have not sung along with Yellow Submarine in that infant school hall.
People who judge other people's actions on their own thought process.
To my dad for not making it back to Birmingham to see him while I was in London doing The Streets.
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