As someone who made you think that anything’s possible. I did three marathons in a day once but walking the high-wire at Battersea Park station was the challenge I loved most because I had to master a skill.
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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’d like all my effort noticed.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗
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Sandi Toksvig
Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer
As having done my best.
Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
As an honest person who did his best.
Ralf Little
English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer
Simply as a man who put a smile on the face of everyone he met.
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Five to 10, when I was just playing out and I didn’t realise I was a girl. Before my boobs came in, basically.
At a pub in Rotherham. I was a really bad waitress and I ended up being demoted to chopping the potatoes and I even got fired from that.
I never finished The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir.
I was recently made to feel that it’s my mental health that’s the problem and not the system.
My mind is changing about being a mum. I got a dog and the way I feel about it is a lot, and I realise maybe I would want to be a mum.
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