Sally Lindsay: 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 Sally Lindsay said elsewhere, not written here

When I was 17 I didn’t visit my gran for six weeks as I was out partying. At the end of that summer she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I never saw the real her again. I would love to say sorry to her as I loved her so much.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗

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Katie Melua

My grandma, who died a few years ago, because I wasn’t able to see her on my last visit to Georgia.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Cybill Shepherd American actress and former model

To a man whose heart I broke at 17.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗

Emma Bunton British singer

To Jade, my other half, because I can be hard work sometimes, and he is the most calm and understanding person I’ve ever met.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗

Angela Griffin British actress and television presenter

Lee Warburton. He had just left drama school and was doing the Alexander technique in the Corrie green room. I hadn’t been to drama school, and really took the piss out of him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗