Scott Mills
English radio DJ and television presenter
Still biting my nails.
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Holding a grudge.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
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My drinking habits.
"You can't see your children for two weeks." (When I was going through my divorce.)
A new TV series.
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