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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
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Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 February 2016 source ↗
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My husband is the kindest, funniest, most strange and wondrous person I know.
Joe Wicks
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My mum was only 17 when she had my brother, and 19 when she had me. She was learning the ropes as she went along, and had a heroin addict boyfriend, which wasn’t easy.
Carol Vorderman, because she’s stuck her head above the parapet to try to hold our bizarre politicians to account.
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Sherlock being such a worldwide phenomenon.
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