Richard Eyre: Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

The question

Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

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To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗

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Christy Turlington Burns American model

To strangers. Living in New York, I see individuals every day who are invisible to so many. I want to say sorry that so many of us think their pain and suffering is not our own.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2017 source ↗

Burt Reynolds American actor

Dozens of women – I think you’ll figure out why.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2015 source ↗

Nick Frost

It would be my mum. She was a terrible alcoholic and I spent a lot of my time kind of hating her but, in the past five years, I realised why she did what she did and I could forgive.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

Jacqueline Wilson English novelist

A little girl called Pat. We were nine-year-olds together and all the class made her life a misery. I knew she wanted to be my friend and I would only be friends with her if nobody else was around. I feel dreadful about that.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 May 2022 source ↗