When were you happiest?

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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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Recorded Geoffrey Rush said elsewhere, not written here
During my Queensland childhood, on the days when I avoided the chlorine-infused shower gauntlet and being corralled into the deep end of the school pool.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2014 source ↗

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Anne Enright Novelist and short-story writer
A few weeks ago, we spent a long weekend going around West Cork, and I was so happy it amazed me. My husband doesn’t always make me happy around the house, but add a road and some scenery and the combination can be very powerful.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2024 source ↗
Simone Biles United States artistic gymnast
The Olympics: all my dreams came true in one place.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2017 source ↗
Rhys Ifans Welsh actor and musician
I look at my nephew, who is five years old and in a perpetual state of bliss; I imagine that’s what I was like when I was five. That’s not to say I am unhappy now; I was on top of the world walking through a park to work this morning.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2019 source ↗

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