Martha Stewart: 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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Martha Stewart

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Right now, in the present. I have a short memory.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

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Lorraine Pascale British model and cook

When my daughter Ella was born.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2014 source ↗

Joan Bakewell English journalist, television presenter and politician

My student days at Cambridge.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2013 source ↗

Shappi Khorsandi Iranian-born British comedian

Right now. Ask me again when my children are grown, and I’ll sob, “When they loved me more than that woman/man they’ve shacked up with.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2017 source ↗

Jessica Hynes British actress and writer

Last week, lying under a hat on Folkestone beach.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2016 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I’m a very fearless person.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

I know too many really good people to choose just one person—and that is not indecision.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Any type of indecision.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

A verdant landscape filled with beautiful animals of all kinds, harp music, cumulus clouds in a bright-blue sky, and happy people conversing pleasantly, sipping cold sake from homemade bamboo cups.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2009 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Indecision and wishy-washiness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

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