Engelbert Humperdinck: Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Originally asked

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

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

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

Recorded Engelbert Humperdinck said elsewhere, not written here

My wife. I made mistakes in my early life and hurt her. Everybody thinks the grass is greener, but it’s not. To say sorry to her when she understands will be one of the greatest gifts God has given me.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 February 2019 source ↗

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Siri Hustvedt American novelist, essayist, poet

The man who asked me directions on the subway seven years ago: I am so sorry for sending you to Queens rather than to the Bronx.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2017 source ↗

Esther Rantzen

To everyone I’ve bored.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2024 source ↗

Edith Bowman Scottish radio DJ and television presenter

Martin Scorsese. I was, let’s say, slightly tactile with him during a Q&A; I was more nervous than I’ve been about anything. I kept tapping his knee, it might even have been bruised by the end.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2021 source ↗

Gloria Steinem Writer and feminist organiser

I behaved badly with two old lovers. Years later, when I took one to lunch to apologise, it made it worse.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗