Richard Osman
English TV presenter and writer
Probably when Fulham beat Juventus 4-1 in the Europa League.
When were you happiest?
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When my daughter, Katie, was born and when she got married.
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Martin Freeman
English actor
When I am in Italy with the family, not thinking about work.
Brett Anderson
English singer
Right now. It's a beautiful thing to find yourself "the wrong side of 40" and more in love with life than ever. I never tell people this publicly as they wrongly assume the only valid creative state is that of the cliche of the tubercular, tortured artist coughing up blood in his garret.
The night my daughter was born, New York, December 29, 1997. After she emerged and I held her in the palm of my hand, I walked around Manhattan in a stupor of happiness.
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