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The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Jerry Hall
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On holiday in the south of France.
Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
When my second child Bella was born in 2006. I missed my son Ben being born because I was racing, so seeing it for the first time was quite an experience.
Nora Ephron
Journalist, essayist, screenwriter and film director
Yesterday – I had a delicious tomato sandwich, on toasted sourdough bread, with mayonnaise.
Robert Bathurst
English theatre and television actor
When I turned 30, married and had a place in Brixton. My flailing twenties were over, though the flailing continues.
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If my children remember me as fondly as I remember my mum, that would be a treat.
Doing an episode of Doctors was a bit of a nadir.
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