On a beach, watching my girls do cartwheels, with a Goombay Smash with a floater on top.
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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.
The day my son was born.
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When my first child was born – something I thought would never happen.
It’s hard to pick one time. I feel like I’m quite a happy person. My ninth birthday was epic, though.
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Aside from the night that my wife said yes, creating Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, and employing thousands of dancers for the last 30 years.
I think any of us will be lucky to be remembered at all.
My recent battle with cancer.
You’re going to come up against brick walls in life. You’ve got to go over them, under them, around them, or crash through them, but somehow or other you’ve got to get to the other side.
Digging foundations in the freezing-cold Chicago winters.
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