Anita Rani
British broadcaster and journalist
The day I passed my driving test, at 17.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2021 source ↗
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I had my catheter taken out, thanks for asking.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2016 source ↗
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American novelist
Leaving the hospital.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2012 source ↗
Bernadine Evaristo
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When I met my husband, David, in 2006, on Dating Direct.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗
Iris Apfel
American interior designer and fashion icon
I try to be happy whenever I can. I don’t fret about what’s past and we don’t know if there will be a future, so I make as much as I can out of what’s here now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 August 2018 source ↗
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View profile →When the Guardian called me a scaremonger for wanting to preserve London’s green belt.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2016 source ↗
Nothing. It’s too risky. What if you eliminated a misjudged situation from your life and it turned out that one of your children wasn’t born, or you failed to meet your partner?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2016 source ↗
Angela Merkel; she seems wise, compassionate, curiously huggable.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2016 source ↗
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