Miriam Margolyes: Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

The question

Originally asked

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

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

To my mother for disappointing her. Mummy wanted me to be a different sort of person from who I am, but one can’t change oneself.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

Douglas Stuart Scottish fashion designer and novelist

To my younger self. I was incredibly self-loathing and self-doubting, and I’m still undoing that damage 30 years later.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗

Karamo Brown American television host, personality and actor

To my younger self for not being patient with myself, and for giving up on myself at times.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗

Emily Mortimer British actress

Our dog, Snowy. He’s a miniature poodle, and he’s needy and really irritating as a result.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 October 2020 source ↗

Andrea Riseborough British actress

Helen Edmundson, because I wasn’t able to be a better friend at school.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗