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To my kids, for my shortcomings.
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Archie Panjabi
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My dog, Mr Q, because he has the saddest look when I leave.
Patricia Hodge
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I wish I could say sorry to my husband, because I couldn’t save him from his dementia.
I’ve apologised to my son, Thomas, for being absent for quite a lot of his first few years, but, as a working mother and breadwinner, I kind of had to be. I like to think I’ve made up for it.
Bernadine Evaristo
English author and academic
The people I never thanked for what they selflessly gave me in my career; when I was younger I just took it for granted.
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