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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At each of my sons’ weddings.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2024 source ↗
With no shoes on in the African bush with my family.
In the car with my kids, singing Purple Rain.
I am happiest right now. Things are going really well – my professional life, my personal life, my family life.
Belfast 1994, when my first son was born.
You’re more capable than you think.
I had to clean up the sump pump [toilet system] in my house because my sister and I flushed things we shouldn’t have.
When I got hit by a car in my home town.
My very long to-do list.
My husband, who always seems to have everything in control and is so consistent.
I teared up when I did a voiceover for my memoir while talking about my mother-in-law, whom I adored and miss so much.
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