The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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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On a train journey to Arcadia many years ago while making a TV documentary.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2026 source ↗
French kissing on Tower Bridge under a full moon in the wee small hours.
Right now. I am loving my children’s ages – Wyatt is nine and Levi is six – and I wish I could freeze time.
Opening day of The Empire Strikes Back, 86th Street Loews.
Filming Much Ado About Nothing. In my home, with my family and my besties and the bard all around. Pure joy.
Alchemy. Love. Resilience.
The wisdom to become who they are in the truth of their spirit.
Evolve or perish.
Looking after the flowerbed on my windowsill.
Composer, pirate, scientist, philosopher.
We don’t die. We change realms. Life is eternal. Living is not. Live while you are alive.
Simon Callow, Oti Mabuse, Stephen Merchant, Ronnie Wood, Viv Albertine, Erin O'Connor
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