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

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

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Recorded Yusuf Islam said elsewhere, not written here
The respelling of my name to Joseph.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 November 2014 source ↗

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Björn Ulvaeus Swedish musician
My surname. You have no idea how many versions I’ve read and heard. It was especially irritating during my Abba years. You can imagine someone calling our hotel and saying: “I’d like to speak to one of the guys in Abba.” Who do you think the receptionist called, Andersson or Ulvaeus?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
Laura Kenny English cyclist
I would have spent every single day with my sister before she left to live in New Zealand. At my wedding, it was the first time I had seen her in two and a half years.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗
Sofie Gråbøl Danish actress
I'd have a good, encouraging start in school – I think I'd be a different person, with fewer anxiety attacks.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 July 2014 source ↗
Harriet Walter English actress
I would never have gone on a diet. I would go back with the knowledge that not being perfect is fine.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2017 source ↗

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