The question
Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?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.
I am too ashamed to answer.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2024 source ↗
My parents, for not pursuing an academic career.
My ex-wife, for the way I behaved towards the end of our marriage.
My wife. I made mistakes in my early life and hurt her. Everybody thinks the grass is greener, but it’s not. To say sorry to her when she understands will be one of the greatest gifts God has given me.
To my 17-year-old daughter Isabella, whom I described in an interview last year as "keen on maths".
“You pinko!” by a Tory minister signing off at the end of an interview with me during the EU referendum campaign.
An all-embracing welfare state.
Self-centredness.
Retirement – I thought it was a bad idea.
Fainting as a chorister in Winchester Cathedral in the middle of a service.
The cheapest available Volvo.
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