I’m not thrilled with my lack of commitment to feminism in my 20s.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 November 2025 source ↗
If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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When were you happiest?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I would put the brain that I have now into my 20-year-old body.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
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Tim Minchin
Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian
I’d take back some dumb shit I said when I had no audience and found that being shocking made people laugh.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2020 source ↗
Julian Lloyd Webber
British cellist and conductor
Nothing: the good times, the bad times, they make your character.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 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 ↗
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View profile →Horrible gigs at the beginning, when no one’s interested.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
Now, with time and wisdom you know your happy places.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
I haven’t stopped crying since Glastonbury, because I’m on a massive comedown.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
“Your career will be over if you have the baby.”To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why? My parents, for my teenage years. I tried to run away when I was 15. We lived in a fishing village in France and, with my boyfriend, I headed to Spain to sell arts and crafts on the beach. Mum came and took me home.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
Just being remembered at all would be great.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗
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