Nick Grimshaw
English television and radio presenter
Genuinely, the host of Radio 1’s Breakfast Show.
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The prime minister.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 April 2018 source ↗
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Rachel Whiteread
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First something medical, then, without any doubt, an artist.
A fighter pilot.
Joss Stone
English singer, songwriter, and actress
A veterinarian, but I decided against it because it required too many years of schooling; I wasn’t great at school.
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As a broad who gave it a go.
That people listen to my voice when I speak.
In the car with my kids, singing Purple Rain.
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