Sandi Toksvig: Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? — FLAPSS

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Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

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Sandi Toksvig

Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer

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Any fashion designer whose clothes on me must have made them weep.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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My parents, because I rather slipped from their standards on more than one occasion. And when they got older, I wish I’d been kinder and more tolerant with them.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 February 2026 source ↗

Adjoa Andoh English actress

My dad’s parents in Ghana, for not spending more time with them.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 September 2021 source ↗

Jason Isaacs English actor

Anybody who met me before I was 30, because I was a drug addict, and all my relationships were experienced through that prism.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2020 source ↗

Griff Rhys Jones British actor and comedian

Sorry, I’m British and middle class, so I’ve already apologised to virtually everybody I have ever met.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2017 source ↗

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I wouldn’t bother learning how to use logarithms, and I might give netball a miss.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As having done my best.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question What most recently moved you to tears? Identity & self

When I read the story of a blind, bisexual goose called Thomas who had died in New Zealand after a lifetime of love for a swan called Henry. It sounds ridiculous but is entirely true.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

I’ve had a surprising number of near-death experiences: I was nearly blown up by a landmine in Sudan; I was stranded on the Zambezi river at night; I was bucked off a rodeo horse in Arizona and had to be airlifted to hospital; and, worst of all, I once ate a Pot Noodle.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Last Tuesday at 10 past three.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question What thought won't let you sleep? Daily life

Bloody radiator keeps banging. I think it needs air releasing but I don’t have a bleeding key.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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