Kim Wilde: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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.

Recorded Kim Wilde said elsewhere, not written here

Greta Thunberg. She has reached into the hearts and minds of people all over the world and woken them up to the terrible impact we are having on our planet. What a fascinating force of nature she is.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗

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Joely Richardson British actress

The elderly, because it takes courage to get through the day when there isn’t some glorious future ahead.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗

Amy Poehler

Beyoncé/Beyoncé’s hair person.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2014 source ↗

Harriet Walter English actress

Judith Clark, on whom I based my character in the prison trilogy. She has served over 35 years and turned herself around. She is an inspiration.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2017 source ↗

Jason Manford English comedian and singer

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. It doesn’t seem anyone has a bad word to say about him. They should let him be president – of the world. We had a brief Twitter chat, and I printed the tweets out and put them on my office wall.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 July 2023 source ↗