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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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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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Rose Tremain English writer
When I first met Richard, in 1992, on a British Council writers’ tour of Adelaide. We were drinking Australian lager while parakeets squawked rudely in the neighbourhood gumtrees.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2022 source ↗
Julian Lloyd Webber British cellist and conductor
When I was 16, I’d just won full scholarships to both the Royal Academy and the Royal College of Music, and felt like the world was my oyster.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2023 source ↗
Michael Ball English singer, presenter and actor
My first summer working, in 1984. I’d come out of drama school, I’d landed a job that got me an Equity card doing Godspell in Aberystwyth – and it was just unmitigated joy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗

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