Rebecca Lucy Taylor: 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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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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Rebecca Lucy Taylor

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Five to 10, when I was just playing out and I didn’t realise I was a girl. Before my boobs came in, basically.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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Now. My life is better with every year of living it.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2012 source ↗

Perez Hilton American blogger

At the South By Southwest Music Festival last March. Few things make me happier than going to concerts, and this was an epic evening.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2010 source ↗

Mike Wallace American journalist

Nineteen thirty-nine. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Station WOOD, 20 bucks a week.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗

Stephen Merchant English comedian and actor

Watching Bruce Springsteen at Glastonbury. During Because The Night I actually shouted, "This is the greatest moment of my life!"

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2013 source ↗

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Question When did you last change your mind about something important? Change of mind

My mind is changing about being a mum. I got a dog and the way I feel about it is a lot, and I realise maybe I would want to be a mum.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question What would you most want to leave your children? Death & what remains

High self-esteem.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

I am consistently disappointed in the music industry. Every time someone says that I’m underrated, that feels extremely disappointing because I’ve done my end of the bargain.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question Which book do you still mean to read, and why has it stayed on your list? Taste & recommendation

I never finished The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

At a pub in Rotherham. I was a really bad waitress and I ended up being demoted to chopping the potatoes and I even got fired from that.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Big, shy, angry.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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