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

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Repeated verbatim in The Guardian's long-running Saturday Q&A; two publisher-hosted examples establish recurrence.

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Björn Ulvaeus Swedish musician
My surname. You have no idea how many versions I’ve read and heard. It was especially irritating during my Abba years. You can imagine someone calling our hotel and saying: “I’d like to speak to one of the guys in Abba.” Who do you think the receptionist called, Andersson or Ulvaeus?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
Shirley Ballas English ballroom dancer
I would be much more available for my brother when he was not well and try to understand more about mental health, which I didn’t know anything about at the time.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 June 2018 source ↗
Tracey Ullman British and American actress
I would have stopped making records after They Don’t Know.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2017 source ↗

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