James Bay
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My girlfriend. I am away a lot and, as much as she understands, I’d like to say sorry for not being there.
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The Spice Girls – Mel B, Geri and Emma – who wanted to mark our 20th anniversary, and the fans. It was not something I felt comfortable doing.
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Mike Skinner
English rapper
To my dad for not making it back to Birmingham to see him while I was in London doing The Streets.
John Simpson
English journalist
I’d like to say sorry to my mother. I had to choose between my parents, and I chose my father because he didn’t have any other kids. (My mother was a war widow and had two children from her first marriage.) I thought, in a childish way, that one had to be fair. It was very difficult for my mother and me, and we never really got over it.
Lionel Shriver
American author
He knows who he is. I’ve apologised. I wish it made more difference.
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Holidays. In the Spice Girls, we found ourselves with quite a few quid, so it was lovely to hire a big house in the Caribbean and have friends and family over.
Working in a chip shop when I was 16. I gave my friends massive portions, but the smell was gross.
My little girl. I often get visits just for a cuddle.
Safe, strong and smiley.
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