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Probably when Fulham beat Juventus 4-1 in the Europa League.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Gabby Logan
Welsh TV/radio presenter and rhythmic gymnast
I am always happiest when my kids are on good form and we are having a lovely family dinner.
Rhys Ifans
Welsh actor and musician
I look at my nephew, who is five years old and in a perpetual state of bliss; I imagine that’s what I was like when I was five. That’s not to say I am unhappy now; I was on top of the world walking through a park to work this morning.
Johanna Konta
British tennis player
When I was a young girl in Sydney, I used to go running with my dad. I would wake him up at the crack of dawn and we had this route to the top of a golf course – we’d usually make it there for sunrise.
Emily Watson
English actress
About half an hour ago, watching through the window as my dad and two-year-old daughter walked to the paper shop together.
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