Russell Howard: 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 Russell Howard said elsewhere, not written here

I wouldn’t lose my virginity at an army camp and then roll over on to an ants’ nest.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗

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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 ↗

Tim Rice English lyricist and author

I would definitely change the way one or two relationships ended.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2017 source ↗

Jennifer Hudson American singer and actress

I wouldn’t change a thing. Every experience is a lesson learned.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2018 source ↗

Steph McGovern Broadcaster

On BBC Breakfast, I accidentally said “fuck” on air. My microphone had been turned on when I wasn’t in the room. It went out across the telly and they had to apologise.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2020 source ↗