When were you happiest?

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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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Recorded Jason Byrne said elsewhere, not written here
When I worked in an electrical warehouse in Dublin. I got £60 a week wiring plugs.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2012 source ↗

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Tom Ellis Welsh actor
On a caravan site on a farm in the Brecon Beacons when I was a kid. I have three sisters and every year we met family friends with kids the same age. We would go to the river and make rope swings and build dens. It was very Enid Blyton.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 September 2021 source ↗
Paul Smith English fashion designer
I am a happy person. I am happy every day. But if I had to pick a time it would be the first time I fell in love.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2009 source ↗
Abi Morgan Welsh playwright and screenwriter
Eating Marmite on toast just after the birth of my daughter in 2004.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2015 source ↗

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