Sandi Toksvig: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? — FLAPSS

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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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Sandi Toksvig

Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer

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Last Tuesday at 10 past three.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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Vanessa Redgrave British actress and activist

Is all happiness in the past? Well, the births of three children. And playing with children and grandchildren.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 September 2018 source ↗

Sebastian Coe British athlete and politician

When I am with my four children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2012 source ↗

Mariska Hargitay

When our family was complete.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2024 source ↗

Nora Ephron Journalist, essayist, screenwriter and film director

Yesterday – I had a delicious tomato sandwich, on toasted sourdough bread, with mayonnaise.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 September 2009 source ↗

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

My five-litre Ford Mustang.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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

I’ve had a surprising number of near-death experiences: I was nearly blown up by a landmine in Sudan; I was stranded on the Zambezi river at night; I was bucked off a rodeo horse in Arizona and had to be airlifted to hospital; and, worst of all, I once ate a Pot Noodle.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question What song would you want played at your funeral? Death & what remains

How about The Hokey Cokey? That’s always fun, especially if they’re carrying the coffin.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As having done my best.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I wouldn’t bother learning how to use logarithms, and I might give netball a miss.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Like driving a Ford Mustang with the top down across the Golden Gate Bridge while the sun is setting and you have a dinner reservation in Sausalito.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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