Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?

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Recorded Shirley Manson said elsewhere, not written here
Myself. I have never been harder on anyone else.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

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Alison Steadman British actress
I didn't go to a retirement party once for someone who had been special to me and he died shortly after.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗
My father because I was 12 when he passed and I blamed him for everything in my parents’ marriage. Now I realise he did the best he could and was just figuring life out like everybody else.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2026 source ↗
It would be my mum. She was a terrible alcoholic and I spent a lot of my time kind of hating her but, in the past five years, I realised why she did what she did and I could forgive.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗

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By the sea. I would like to be on the beach in Kerala, I would like to be on the beach at Yellowcraigs in Scotland, and then at a really good table, drinking really good wine, eating delicious food, and discussing things I am passionate about with people that I am passionate about.
Recorded Clash, Last Day On Earth, 30 March 2012 source ↗

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