Nikki Amuka-Bird: Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

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 Nikki Amuka-Bird said elsewhere, not written here

Anyone whose party I said I’d go to and didn’t turn up. I can get quite socially anxious at times.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2025 source ↗

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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 ↗

Victoria Derbyshire British broadcaster

I’m good at saying sorry – so no one, because I’ve already said it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 September 2021 source ↗

Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

I've mentioned that we strongly prefer to use cash rather than Berkshire stock in acquisitions. A study of the record will tell you why: If you aggregate all of our stock-only mergers (excluding those we did with two affiliated companies, Diversified Retailing and Blue Chip Stamps), you will find that our shareholders are slightly worse off than they would have been had I not done the transactions. Though it hurts me to say it, when I've issued stock, I've cost you money.

Recorded His letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in the 1997 annual report, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., February 1998 source ↗

Victoria Pendleton British cyclist

Lots of people, mainly for being so absent from their lives while I was concentrating on sport. I’d also like to say sorry to my dad’s mum, because, aged four, I told her she was the worst cook in the world.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 July 2017 source ↗