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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This morning in bed.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2008 source ↗
Driving golf balls into the cricket pavilion on summer evenings in my pajamas.
In my second year at Oxford University. There was much lolling over the side of punts on the river with languid male companions plying me with cheap champagne.
At my wedding in Ravello, surrounded by friends and relatives.
Right now. I am loving my children’s ages – Wyatt is nine and Levi is six – and I wish I could freeze time.
Nelson Mandela.
Being with those that I love, and they have no problems.
Pain of any sort.
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