Marcus Brigstocke: 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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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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Marcus Brigstocke

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Every morning when I go into our three-year-old’s room. He’s so happy to see you, it’s a moment of heaven.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2025 source ↗

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Richard Coles British musician, writer, presenter and priest

Technically, Ibiza 1990, because of the amount of ecstasy I’d taken.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Emeli Sandé British singer

Last night, on stage in New York.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2017 source ↗

Richard Feynman Theoretical physicist; Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

It's made me a very happy man ever since.

Recorded Engineering and Science / Caltech Magazine, 1976 source ↗

Abigail Breslin American actress

Christmas 2007 – I got hair straighteners.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2014 source ↗

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Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

To be here in this one moment.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2025 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As someone who was kind.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2025 source ↗

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

Big. Funny. Man.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2025 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Like becoming warm after you’ve been cold.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2025 source ↗

Question What do you believe happens when we die? Death & what remains

I don’t know, and I’m completely OK with not knowing.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2025 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

The internet going down – but not just for me, for everyone.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2025 source ↗

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