If you could edit your past, what would you change?

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Gino D'Acampo Italian-British celebrity chef and media personality

I would have spent more time with my parents. I did see them often, but you don’t realise how much you’ll miss someone or something until it’s gone.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 December 2022 source ↗

Douglas Stuart Scottish fashion designer and novelist

My mother and my brother would still be alive. So much of my life has been coping with the grief of losing them.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2023 source ↗

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