Isabel Allende: When did you last change your mind about something important? — FLAPSS

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When did you last change your mind about something important?

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Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017

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Isabel Allende

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July 2018, when I married my third husband, Roger, after two years of proclaiming that marriage at 76 was stupid.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

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Andrew O’Hagan

The other day, when I decided that maybe I had been too harsh on mid-period Sting.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2026 source ↗

Two days ago. To move to New York.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

Munroe Bergdorf

Cancel culture: getting stuck on the discourse rather than looking at the system.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 July 2025 source ↗

Johannes Radebe

I almost pulled out of my first solo tour because of impostor syndrome.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I would not leave my teenage children to follow an unworthy love. It lasted a month and scarred the family for ever.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

I will be dead, why would I care?

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Dependency. Fascism.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

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

The years I lost trying to fix my second marriage.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

When my kids were little – and now, in my old age.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

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

Hard-working, creative, irreverent.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2024 source ↗

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