Patti Smith
Musician, poet and photographer
Tramping through the woods in South Jersey in 1957 with my dog Bambi.
When were you happiest?
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When I was a young father and teaching at a local primary school in Kent.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2011 source ↗
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Prue Leith
South African-British chef, broadcaster, and writer
In my 40s: I had two children young enough to think their parents wonderful, my business was booming, I was happily married and living in the Cotswolds with a veg garden and ponies in the paddock. Who could not be happy?
Weirdly enough, in Portugal during confinement.
In the orange blossom-filled streets of Seville, snogging on a park bench.
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