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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In the first lockdown. Obviously, there was terrible grief and sadness and fear around, but there was also this reclaiming for nature. I was constantly at my allotment with the big kids and my husband.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2022 source ↗
Last week, lying under a hat on Folkestone beach.
If it wasn’t for coronavirus, it would be right now. All my life I’ve felt a pressure to achieve. It’s gone now, and that gives me a sense of freedom. Whenever I, for short moments, forget about corona and climate change, I’m happy.
In my 20s, touring small arts centres with my best mate, performing sketch comedy to a handful of people.
Opening day of The Empire Strikes Back, 86th Street Loews.
The outcome of the Leveson inquiry.
It was a double-edged sword, but being a major-label artist, I felt like a commodity, a thing to be sold.
Trusting some men.
Procrastination.
Weakness – not to be confused with sensitivity, which is a superpower.
When I was 18, I bought a boat for a million pounds and sold it a year later for just over half the price.
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