The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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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Our wedding weekend in Ireland.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 April 2026 source ↗
Most recently, when I was tobogganing in Italy.
Watching Bruce Springsteen at Glastonbury. During Because The Night I actually shouted, "This is the greatest moment of my life!"
When I first heard one of our records on the radio.
When my album was made in June.
Back in the day, when comedy was crueller, my monologues were full of terrible jokes about people, and you can’t apologise because then you’re asking people to forgive you. Your punishment is to walk around knowing you said these horrible things.
I called Elizabeth McGovern Elizabeth Montgomery throughout a show. But, bless her, she didn’t say anything.
I couldn’t care less.
Impatience married with being very quick to judge.
When I was growing up, my mother would accuse me of showing off. That’s the most shaming, humbling, horrible thing. What was I doing? Showing off!
Now that I’m at this end of my career, I’m gobsmacked that I’ve managed to cling on for as long as I have.
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