The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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I couldn't answer that. There are so many amazing things – falling in love, winning an Oscar, moving my mom out to America and just having a simple dinner with great friends.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 March 2009 source ↗
Happiness is the target one only has to aim at in order to miss.
Last Sunday night in front of the fire, watching Mamma Mia! with Jax and our children, Will and Lily.
In my first bedsit when I went to art college in Leeds. It was a hideous basement, but I loved the freedom.
Fourteen. Dew-soaked plimsolls, flying my kestrel before school.
I can't think of anything.
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