Frank Bowling: What keeps you awake at night?

What keeps you awake at night?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Frank Bowling said elsewhere, not written here

My work. What shape will it take?

The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗

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Bobbi Brown

My very long to-do list.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 October 2025 source ↗

Ian McEwan British novelist and screenwriter

The BBC World Service followed by the dawn chorus.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 August 2018 source ↗

Shirley Manson Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage

Climate change. That is the single most important calamity in the making that I obsess over.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

Dawn O'Porter British writer, director, and television presenter

Perimenopausal anxiety, the terrible feeling of impending doom, something awful happening to my children, writing deadlines. Apart from that, I’m quite chilled.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗