Sandi Toksvig: If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

The question

If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Repeated verbatim in The Guardian's long-running Saturday Q&A; two publisher-hosted examples establish recurrence.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Sandi Toksvig

Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

I wouldn’t bother learning how to use logarithms, and I might give netball a miss.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Others on this question

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Judith Kerr British writer and illustrator

Nothing, really, because it was all interesting.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗

Francesca Martinez British comedian

My all-girls’ high school. I hated it. Large groups of teenage girls aren’t known for their empathy and kindness. It was a shock to realise that people viewed me as uncool because of the way my body worked.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 March 2020 source ↗

Zack Polanski

Nothing. Tony Benn, one of my favourite politicians, said, “I don’t care where you’ve been, I care where you’re going.”

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗

Jason Donovan

My relationship with drugs.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2024 source ↗