JB
My girlfriend. I am away a lot and, as much as she understands, I’d like to say sorry for not being there.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 January 2016 source ↗
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Griff Rhys Jones
British actor and comedian
Sorry, I’m British and middle class, so I’ve already apologised to virtually everybody I have ever met.
Today’s children and young people – we’ve let them down by not doing more to prevent the nature and climate crisis, and left them such a huge responsibility.
John Simpson
English journalist
I’d like to say sorry to my mother. I had to choose between my parents, and I chose my father because he didn’t have any other kids. (My mother was a war widow and had two children from her first marriage.) I thought, in a childish way, that one had to be fair. It was very difficult for my mother and me, and we never really got over it.
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View profile →Everything in my head.
Less pizza – living on tour is not conducive to eating healthily.
My left foot. (I’m great with my right – I can bend it like Beckham.)
My dad, for providing for the family for 20 years – he was a wine merchant and recently retired.
When I started getting to grips with playing the guitar, aged 11.
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd – the greatest guitar solo ever.
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