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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During the war - to a teenager, wartime is very exciting. And when there was no traffic, I could ride my bike about the lovely Yorkshire lanes with not a car in sight. And I'm very happy today because I'm not skint.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 May 2007 source ↗
Whenever I’m with my wife and I’m not preoccupied with work.
Right now. I am a very blessed man.
Fourteen. Dew-soaked plimsolls, flying my kestrel before school.
Right now. Ask me again when my children are grown, and I’ll sob, “When they loved me more than that woman/man they’ve shacked up with.”
Never having been a 100% sex symbol. I only managed 99.9%.
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