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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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Patricia Hodge
English actress
In the minutes, hours, days and weeks after having my children. I was 42 and 45. There’s nothing like new life.
Irvine Welsh
Scottish novelist
Happiness is mostly intrinsic: you’re either a happy soul or a miserable bastard. Fortunately, I’m the former.
Ray Mears
British woodsman and TV presenter
Right now. I live in the present.
Susan Greenfield
British scientist
In 1978, working in France for a year. It was my first time working abroad.
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