Miriam Margolyes: Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? — FLAPSS

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Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?

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Miriam Margolyes

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To my mother for disappointing her. Mummy wanted me to be a different sort of person from who I am, but one can’t change oneself.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗

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David Baddiel Comedian and writer

My parents, for my new show.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2016 source ↗

Ronnie Wood English rock musician

I don’t really owe anybody any apologies.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 September 2017 source ↗

Vicky McClure English actress

To my teachers, for not paying attention.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 March 2018 source ↗

Eddie Izzard British comedian and actress

Nelson Mandela, because I didn’t do enough to stop apartheid. Now I have hopefully made amends.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2016 source ↗

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Question What do you believe happens when we die? Death & what remains

Nothing at all.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Never to have played at the National or the RSC.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

To experience the utter powerlessness of locked-in syndrome.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

I wanted to be a doctor, like my father.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗

Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

Every time I got a lucrative voiceover, I bought a picture. The most expensive was by James Gillray.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

When the media, en masse, reported my imminent demise.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗

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