The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?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.
A friend named Paul Hill [one of the Guildford Four] spent 15 years in prison doing time for crimes he did not commit. We communicate most days. I admire the hell out of him.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2022 source ↗
Maggie, my wife – for putting up with me.
The Queen, because she's kept hats alive in the imagination of people all over the world.
My mum was only 17 when she had my brother, and 19 when she had me. She was learning the ropes as she went along, and had a heroin addict boyfriend, which wasn’t easy.
People ask me sometimes, who inspires you, Mr. President? Those quiet heroes all across this country -- some of your parents and grandparents who are sitting here -- no fanfare, no articles written about them, they just persevere. They just do their jobs. They meet their responsibilities. They don't quit. I'm only here because of them. They may not have set out to change the world, but in small, important ways, they did. They certainly changed mine.
I’ve learned to give myself a break. Everyone should.
In the Beatles.
Not much. Given that I’m up and active most mornings around 5am, I’ve had enough of everything by 9pm.
That’s easy. I’ve consistently punched above my weight.
Like Celtic hitting the back of the net in the 90th minute of a Champions League football match.
I travelled all the way to the Arctic Circle to see the aurora borealis, then fell asleep and missed it.
Enrique Iglesias, Florence Welch, Sinéad O'Connor, Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Phil Daniels, Cerys Matthews
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