Alexander Armstrong: 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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Alexander Armstrong

English actor, comedian, broadcaster and singer

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Now. Although I am on tour and I will be deliriously happy when that finishes, because I'll be back home.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 November 2010 source ↗

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Björk Guðmundsdóttir Icelandic singer

Merging with nature or merging with people.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2013 source ↗

Mark Radcliffe

When I changed the toner cartridge in my printer all on my own – that was a day of pure euphoria.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

Andy Roddick American tennis player

Nothing is better than right now, and having a baby is no small part.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2015 source ↗

Rhys Ifans Welsh actor and musician

I look at my nephew, who is five years old and in a perpetual state of bliss; I imagine that’s what I was like when I was five. That’s not to say I am unhappy now; I was on top of the world walking through a park to work this morning.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2019 source ↗

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