Richard Eyre: Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

The question

Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

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To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗

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Kate Nash British musician

Everyone I ever met in 2007, because I was definitely about two hours late.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2019 source ↗

Dan Stevens English actor

Downton Abbey fans for ruining Christmas in 2012.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2017 source ↗

Terence Conran British restaurateur and designer

My ex-wife Caroline, because she found my style of life rather irritating.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2016 source ↗

Graham Norton

Back in the day, when comedy was crueller, my monologues were full of terrible jokes about people, and you can’t apologise because then you’re asking people to forgive you. Your punishment is to walk around knowing you said these horrible things.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 April 2026 source ↗