JH
Every time I got drunk and out of order. Especially in my teens and 20s.
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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The death of my wife: I’d happily have gone first.
Jeremy Vine
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I’d stop my teenage self worrying about how my life was going to pan out.
Gareth Bale
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Nothing. Without my past I wouldn’t be who I am today.
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I would have thought more about exercise and a healthy lifestyle in my 20s, 30s and 40s.
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An old camper van that has cost me more in repairs than my house, my wedding and all the holidays I’ve ever been on.
Childbirth. And the wheel of our camper van coming clean off on the M1.
To all those whose fleeting interaction with me has fallen short of what they’d hoped; the unwitting recipients of my occasional grumpiness.
That the last general election didn’t take place later. We might have got rid of the Tories with a couple more weeks.
Worrying that I’ve upset people.
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