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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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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2015 source ↗
I was a happy kid. I had quite a small life: I grew up in Walthamstow and didn’t really leave east London. I didn’t go to the South Bank for the first time until I was 18 years old.
When my first child was born – something I thought would never happen.
I’m at my happiest in the ocean, and even better if my husband is there throwing me around.
I am always happiest when my kids are on good form and we are having a lovely family dinner.
Monster Mash, by Bobby Pickett.
When our baby took to the boob for the first time: happy tears at him having his first feed, but also sad at the thought of how many more boobs he’ll seek out before he’s truly happy.
The baby monitor. Followed by my own fake snores.
On an iPhone, why can’t you close all open apps at once, rather than flicking through them all?
Dominic Cooper, Ardal O'Hanlon, Rupert Graves, Orlando Bloom, Cynthia Nixon, Steve Pemberton
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