I would have partied a little bit harder in my 20s.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Nothing, really, because it was all interesting.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
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Melanie Blatt
English singer
I would put the brain that I have now into my 20-year-old body.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
Tim Rice
English lyricist and author
I would definitely change the way one or two relationships ended.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2017 source ↗
Edwina Currie
Former British politician, broadcaster and writer
I would be richer, I’d have beaten Mrs Thatcher’s ban on women in the cabinet, and I would be a dame.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗
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View profile →Not having longer legs.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
When I received my scholarship to art school in 1945.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
Secretary to a lawyer. I was sacked after a week.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
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 ↗
No one I can think of, but lots of people no longer living.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
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