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

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

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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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My first week in New York in 1978, when I was about to start as a writer at Time. And my first week in the south of France after retiring from my job of 25 years as editor of Vanity Fair.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗

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Kim Gordon American musician and artist

In kindergarten, riding my bike and making objects out of clay.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗

Angela Eagle British politician

The day of my civil partnership.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2012 source ↗

Bernadine Evaristo English author and academic

When I met my husband, David, in 2006, on Dating Direct.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗

Joan Jett American singer, songwriter and guitarist

My teenage years in the Runaways: I was still naive enough to think good things about the world and life and people, and I was having fun playing rock’n’roll around the world, living the dream.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗