If you could edit your past, what would you change?

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Rupert Graves said elsewhere, not written here
I’d edit out all my gauche incomprehension.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗

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Rachel Whiteread English artist
I would have thought more about exercise and a healthy lifestyle in my 20s, 30s and 40s.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

Mark Gatiss British actor and writer
I was a very lazy child, but I think I’ve made up for it by being a workaholic. I might push some of the work back to my childhood.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗

Francesca Martinez British comedian
My all-girls’ high school. I hated it. Large groups of teenage girls aren’t known for their empathy and kindness. It was a shock to realise that people viewed me as uncool because of the way my body worked.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 March 2020 source ↗

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