Gregg Wallace: When were you happiest?

When were you happiest?

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Gregg Wallace said elsewhere, not written here

When I got married in 2016. I’d had a chance to practise three times before, so I was comfortable.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 April 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

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Matthew Bourne British choreographer

Can't quantify – I am often happy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2009 source ↗

Viv Albertine Australian-born British musician and writer

The moment my daughter was born in 1999, because it took me seven years to conceive.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2020 source ↗

Björn Ulvaeus Swedish musician

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.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗

Gloria Estefan Cuban-American singer and songwriter

1 March 1991, when I got back on the stage almost a year after a road accident in our tour bus. I felt like I had climbed Mount Everest. That was euphoric.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2019 source ↗