Chris Bryant: If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? — FLAPSS

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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

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Chris Bryant

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I’d have reported the tutor who asked me to read an essay to him sitting on the toilet as he lay soaping himself in the bath.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

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I’m not thrilled with my lack of commitment to feminism in my 20s.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 November 2025 source ↗

Ice-T American rapper and actor

To be born independently wealthy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 November 2015 source ↗

A few haircuts.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗

Rebecca Lucy Taylor

I’d have gone solo sooner.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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Question When were you most embarrassed? Failure & regret

An earthquake in Peru forced me and a young man into the street, where he had to introduce me to his family at three in the morning.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

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

The melanoma has returned in your lung.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Brave, naughty, diligent.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Losing the 1992 general election.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Totalitarianism in Europe.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

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

The Doctor in Doctor Who. I still do.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

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