The question
What lesson has mattered most in your life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Everything’s temporary, and how to make aioli.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗
Never be rigid in your thinking, be open.
Minimum effort, maximum satisfaction. That’s the way everyone should live.
Healthy body and a healthy mind – very simple.
To fail better next time.
Accidentally walking on to set naked for a scene where I wasn’t actually supposed to be naked.
I think we’re definitely gone, but I do think people leave traces everywhere from what they did in life, and live on and continue to make an impact through the ripple effect of that.
Pigeons. One got stuck in my flat once for quite a long time and it really changed how I feel about them.
People singing in the street.
I’d be happier being myself younger.
I’m not interested.
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