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 Craig Revel Horwood said elsewhere, not written here
When I got my first professional dance job: West Side Story in Melbourne in 1983.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 December 2018 source ↗

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On stage, interviewing one of my heroes, Paul McCartney, at the Royal Festival Hall last November.
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When Molde won the Norwegian premier league in 2011, the year the club was 100 years old.
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When I hit 40. I made a lot of mistakes in my 20s and spent most of my 30s changing nappies.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2011 source ↗
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As a child growing up in Ireland, on a beautiful day playing on what was known as a cock of hay (or haystack).
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