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When were you happiest?

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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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Sue Townsend English writer and humorist
Flying over the Australian outback in a jet, looking down at the incredible orange scenery, the uninhabited hills and gullies, listening to Tchaikovsky on my headphones and drinking champagne with a cigarette in my hand. It was 1984, I'd been to the Adelaide Book Festival and was going back to my husband and my children.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2007 source ↗
Emilia Fox English actress and presenter
In my childhood, when I didn’t think about whether it was happy. It just was.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 October 2018 source ↗
Mike Wallace American journalist
Nineteen thirty-nine. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Station WOOD, 20 bucks a week.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗

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