Richard Osman: 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 Richard Osman said elsewhere, not written here

To my kids, for my shortcomings.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2016 source ↗

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Helen Skelton

To Gorka Márquez, who was my Strictly partner, for not winning the glitterball in 2022.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2026 source ↗

Judith Kerr British writer and illustrator

My parents. We didn’t realise how absolutely desperate they were when we left Germany, because my father couldn’t earn anything. A letter turned up fairly recently in which he said, “We’ve been through a terrible time because Julia [my mother] never stopped talking about suicide and not just for herself, but to take the children with her.”

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

Tracy-Ann Oberman Actor and writer

To my grandma Faye, because I didn’t realise, when I was growing up, what an icon she was. She fought at Cable Street, and worked her arse off to get the family out of the tenements. She had a lot of wisdom to impart.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 August 2021 source ↗

Meghann Fahy