Caroline Lucas: What do you fear most? — FLAPSS

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What do you fear most?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.

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Caroline Lucas

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Being on my deathbed and realising I’d forgotten to treat each day as the miracle that it is.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

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Sally Field Actor

A bumpy flight … or driving with my son Sam, who drives great, but I still can’t believe he’s old enough.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2016 source ↗

Craig Charles English actor

Losing my marbles.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗

Charlotte Rampling English actress

To die before I know certain things.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2022 source ↗

Edward Enninful Ghanaian-born English editor and stylist

When I get to the restaurant and don’t see any hot sauce on the table.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2022 source ↗

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Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Passionate, mum, green.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Not to have been joined by more Green MPs … yet.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

Winning the first Green seat in parliament – although that’s cheating, really, as it was very much a collective achievement by the whole party.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

For making a difference.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

I very often set my heart on things – and if they don’t happen, I’m not great at dealing with disappointment.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

A holiday job as a chambermaid at the Scratchwood Travelodge on the M1. The state some people leave their rooms in was a revelation.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

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