Bella Freud: 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 Bella Freud said elsewhere, not written here

I’ve said sorry to everybody I wanted to – I’m good at saying sorry quickly.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2017 source ↗

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Nikki Amuka-Bird

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

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

Eddie Izzard British comedian and actress

Nelson Mandela, because I didn’t do enough to stop apartheid. Now I have hopefully made amends.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2016 source ↗

David Ajala

To a resistant materials teacher at secondary school called Mr Noel. He had a comb-over and whenever he turned his back to write on the blackboard, we would roll up bits of paper and launch them at his head. Once, I hit him. I remember him turning around and looking crestfallen.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2025 source ↗

Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor