So far, getting older has made almost everything better.
What scares you about getting older?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
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How would you describe yourself in three words?
Identity & self
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Absolutely nothing. It’s a privilege.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
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View all 61 →Instead of saying, “I tripped up”, you have to use the words, “I had a fall.”
Not knowing who my family are.
Forgetting the wonderful memories I have got from throughout my life. Three years ago, I was diagnosed with dementia.
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View profile →My father because I was 12 when he passed and I blamed him for everything in my parents’ marriage. Now I realise he did the best he could and was just figuring life out like everybody else.
Driven, authentic, resilient.
When my trousers split on stage in Burn the Floor in Australia. I had always been warned to wear my flesh underwear and I did not that day.
Building my mum her dream home.
As someone who cared boldly about people, stood firmly for what he believed in and lifted others when they needed help.
I’ll never amount to anything. Who? He was my rival at dance school. It hurt and is something that I’ve always had in the back of my head to defy.
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