Steffi Graf
German tennis player
Andre, the kids, my foundation and sometimes the dogs.
What keeps you awake at night?
Question
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
Question
Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
Question
What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
Question
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Thinking about work because I’m responsible for people’s jobs.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2022 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 198 →Sleep apnoea and tinnitus.
Louis Walsh
Irish music manager and television personality
The X Factor (wondering about song choices) and watching TV. I’m a night person, and don’t go to sleep until 3am or 4am.
Edward Fox
British actor
If you have a nice drink before going to bed, you don’t stay awake at night. I like almost anything in a bottle.
More from Angela Hartnett
View profile →Procrastination.
When I first started at The Connaught, I bought a pair of antique diamond earrings at Fred Leighton in New York.
Washing up in the Ford factory canteen in Dagenham.
Anything and everything. I watched the Olympics and wanted to be an 800m runner. If I watched Inspector Morse, I wanted to be a pathologist.
More on daily life
- What single thing would improve the quality of your life? 208 answers
- What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love? 37 answers
- When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do? 26 answers
- In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to? 23 answers
- In the last five years, what new belief, behaviour, or habit has most improved your life? 21 answers
- What does the first sixty minutes of your day look like? 21 answers
Also answered this
Mellody Hobson, Nadiya Hussain, Julien Macdonald, Bobbi Brown, Katharine Hamnett, Bozoma Saint John
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All daily life questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject