If you could edit your past, what would you change?

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Recorded Jennifer Hudson said elsewhere, not written here
I wouldn’t change a thing. Every experience is a lesson learned.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2018 source ↗

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Mary McCartney English photographer and cookbook author
Through food, I’ve become more interested in the protection of soil, the way things are grown, and biodiversity. I’d have become a quantum physicist!
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 February 2022 source ↗
Gino D'Acampo Italian-British celebrity chef and media personality
I would have spent more time with my parents. I did see them often, but you don’t realise how much you’ll miss someone or something until it’s gone.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2022 source ↗
Paapa Essiedu British actor
I would really love to know my parents as an adult. I lost my dad when I was 14 and my mum when I was 20.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2023 source ↗

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