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Katie Whittaker. When we were at school, I told her I knew Take That, and I didn’t.
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Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?Originally asked
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David Gandy
British model
I pulled a chair away from a girl who was just about to sit down on our second day of primary school. She farted when she hit the floor and everyone laughed.
Back in the day, when comedy was crueller, my monologues were full of terrible jokes about people, and you can’t apologise because then you’re asking people to forgive you. Your punishment is to walk around knowing you said these horrible things.
Marina Abramović
Performance artist
To myself. I am my harshest critic.
Ian Rankin
Scottish crime writer
There wasn’t a lot of bullying at my school, but there was a fair amount of ragging – and I knew which side I wanted to be on. I’d say sorry to anyone who felt picked on.
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View profile →Climbing Scafell Pike in the Lake District when I was about 15. The winds were about 85mph, my legs lifted and I nearly flew off. Thankfully somebody grabbed me.
Guilt for not being productive enough – ridiculous.
I am who I am because of that messed-up childhood.
My dog was quite expensive. She’s a Bedlington whippet, named Rafi after Mohammed Rafi, the famous Indian singer. She’s got a boy’s name, but she doesn’t mind.
As the billionaire philanthropist Anita Rani, who helped bring education to huge numbers of young women around the world.
The day I passed my driving test, at 17.
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