Bradley Wiggins: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? — FLAPSS

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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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Bradley Wiggins

British former professional road and track racing cyclist

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

When my second child Bella was born in 2006. I missed my son Ben being born because I was racing, so seeing it for the first time was quite an experience.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

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Right now and when I was pregnant and when my children were very young.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗

Beth Ditto American singer

When everyone else is happy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2012 source ↗

Philippa Gregory

I’m a lucky woman – I was walking in the rain yesterday and was really happy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2024 source ↗

Margaret Atwood Novelist, poet and critic

Can't pick and choose, it's bad luck.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2011 source ↗

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I’ve never had a job.

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Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Loss of control.

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Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As an honest person who did his best.

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Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

This isn’t a complaint, but obscurity would be nice. You can’t have a bad day in public because everyone’s got phones.

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Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

I bought a pink leader’s jersey from the 1953 Tour of Italy which belonged to Swiss rider Hugo Koblet. I spent £45,000.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Never going back to the Tour de France and trying to win again.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

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