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Aside from family life, which is the ultimate happiness, when I see or hear a great artist.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Snorkelling for an hour with a comically disciplined and curiously attentive squadron of six, fat Caribbean reef squid off Mexico.
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Genuinely – and my wife, Lee, knows this – dancing with Kevin Clifton on Strictly.
Tess Daly
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Holding my two babies, Phoebe and Amber, for the first time.
Sally Bercow
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When I hit 40. I made a lot of mistakes in my 20s and spent most of my 30s changing nappies.
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To be able to play the piano like Artur Schnabel.
Probably a suit. If you buy a good suit, it lasts beyond your lifetime.
I cry all the time. I like crying: it means that you’re more truly aware of a circumstance or a person or an event.
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The years between 13 and 17, which I think are very formative, and the rather arid public school upbringing I had at Harrow.
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