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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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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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Toyah Willcox English singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter
Between 2007 and 2016, I had a large white rabbit called WillyFred. I was happiest pressing my ear to his fur and hearing his heart beat.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗
Audra McDonald Singer and actor
In the hospital giving birth to my second daughter with my first daughter right there in the room as it was happening. I don’t remember any pain. I just remember feeling more alive and full of fierce mama bear love than at any other point in my life.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2023 source ↗
Melanie Chisholm British pop singer
Becoming a mum quashed so many demons within me, and gave me confidence and a sense of calm.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2016 source ↗
Don Warrington British actor
When I lived with my grandmother in Trinidad, before I came to England to live with my mother in Newcastle at the age of seven.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 February 2022 source ↗

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