Shirley Ballas: If you could edit your past, what would you change?

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

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Repeated verbatim in The Guardian's long-running Saturday Q&A; two publisher-hosted examples establish recurrence.

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

Recorded Shirley Ballas said elsewhere, not written here

I would be much more available for my brother when he was not well and try to understand more about mental health, which I didn’t know anything about at the time.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 June 2018 source ↗

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Emma Bunton British singer

I would edit my worry, because I suffer from anxiety, which ruins some moments.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗

Krishnan Guru-Murthy British journalist

I’d have been there on the spot for every major news story I’ve talked about in the studio, at the time it happened.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 January 2021 source ↗

George Michael English singer-songwriter

I should have sung with David Gilmour at Carnegie Hall because I'm a massive fan of Pink Floyd.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 August 2014 source ↗

Rosanna Arquette American actress

I would have skipped the time my daughter was nine to 13, when I was in a toxic relationship.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗