Edwina Currie: 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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Edwina Currie

Former British politician, broadcaster and writer

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I am happy now.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

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Kathleen Turner American actress

When the acting is going really well – when I am flying.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2014 source ↗

Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor

When my bowels move freely and without complications.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

Daniel Clowes American cartoonist and writer

Probably in the past few years, though maybe it's just some mid-life hormonal surge.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2012 source ↗

Melanie Blatt English singer

Now, with time and wisdom you know your happy places.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2023 source ↗

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Question What thought won't let you sleep? Daily life

Anxiety. Usually the best response is to think hard about things, work up some solutions and then go to sleep.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

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

Not becoming chancellor.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

I would be richer, I’d have beaten Mrs Thatcher’s ban on women in the cabinet, and I would be a dame.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

Brighton, 1984. I was in another hotel just a few yards away.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

As health minister, I brought in breast and cervical cancer screening. And in 1994 I called the first debate on gay rights for a quarter-century and we got the age of consent down to 18. There are pubs in Brighton where I still can’t pay for a drink.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 June 2017 source ↗

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