Sally Lindsay: Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

The question

Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

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

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

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Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

When I was 17 I didn’t visit my gran for six weeks as I was out partying. At the end of that summer she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I never saw the real her again. I would love to say sorry to her as I loved her so much.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

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Lionel Shriver American author

He knows who he is. I’ve apologised. I wish it made more difference.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 May 2016 source ↗

Cynthia Nixon American actress and politician

Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗

Tracey Ullman British and American actress

I did a crap impersonation of JK Rowling a few years ago. Sorry, JK. Can this apology put me on a casting list for your next mega-franchise?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2017 source ↗

Meghann Fahy

To myself for diminishing my gut feelings until quite recently.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗

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Kind, loyal and (slightly) mad.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

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Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

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So many different types. When I first met my husband, electric and vital. When I first held my boys in my arms, an overwhelming flood of defiant protection and magic.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗