The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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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In the sea, somewhere hot. Looking back at people I love on the beach.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗
Weirdly enough, in Portugal during confinement.
Professionally, it has to be when I got my third star.
When my kids were little – and now, in my old age.
About half an hour ago, watching through the window as my dad and two-year-old daughter walked to the paper shop together.
Comparing myself to other people.
I don’t think we’re meant to know.
Farting in front of Colin Firth.
I cry all the time. Films can tip me over. Especially Pixar ones. I alarmed my kids when we went to see Coco – I was a mess. I cried at the Elton John gig at Glastonbury.
Curious, suggestible, silly.
I’d drink less alcohol in the 90s.
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