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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗
This morning. I had a typical day: got up early, took the dog for a walk, went to the gym for an hour, then wrote for four hours. That makes me a very happy person.
On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life.
As a boy in a tree.
During the war - to a teenager, wartime is very exciting. And when there was no traffic, I could ride my bike about the lovely Yorkshire lanes with not a car in sight. And I'm very happy today because I'm not skint.
Not playing Freddie Mercury.
I used to clean the ovens in a bakery. Brillo pad and poison.
To Ms Dooley, for failing my maths GCSE several times over.
Clive Stafford Smith, for his incredible work with the Reprieve charity.
Just remembered will do.
A librarian. Or a racing driver for Ferrari F1.
Griff Rhys Jones, Geoffrey Rush, John Simm, Jenny Agutter, Julie Delpy, Jaime Winstone
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