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Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

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Julie Hesmondhalgh English actress and narrator
To all those whose fleeting interaction with me has fallen short of what they’d hoped; the unwitting recipients of my occasional grumpiness.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2018 source ↗
Tracy-Ann Oberman Actor and writer
To my grandma Faye, because I didn’t realise, when I was growing up, what an icon she was. She fought at Cable Street, and worked her arse off to get the family out of the tenements. She had a lot of wisdom to impart.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 August 2021 source ↗
My late wife – she died of cancer. We tried everything we could do to save her. I wish that I could have done more and that I could have been with her at the moment she passed away. I couldn’t be in that room, because I knew it would be so devastating that I wouldn’t be able to take care of the kids after.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2016 source ↗
Patricia Hodge English actress
I wish I could say sorry to my husband, because I couldn’t save him from his dementia.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 September 2018 source ↗

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