Mariella Frostrup: 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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Mariella Frostrup

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I am mortified that we went into Afghanistan, promised to liberate the female population and, 20 years later, dumped them in a situation as bad, robbing girls of their futures.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

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Dan Stevens English actor

Downton Abbey fans for ruining Christmas in 2012.

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

Today’s children and young people – we’ve let them down by not doing more to prevent the nature and climate crisis, and left them such a huge responsibility.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

My husband, Ludo, for not really getting why war movies are fun to watch.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2023 source ↗

Ralph Ineson English actor and narrator

My kids, for the jokes. Some of them are pretty bad.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2018 source ↗

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Question What would you most want to leave your children? Death & what remains

A sense of the world being full of possibility and it being in their hands to make it a better one.

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

I’ve had a few hairy scrapes as a scuba diver.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A foreign correspondent.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

The music journalist Paul Morley described me as bland.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

A few zeros on my bank balance.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Both my grandmother and my mother got dementia. My grandmother has passed away. My mother is in a home. Dementia is my biggest fear because it robs you of the very thing that makes life special.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

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