When were you happiest?

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Recorded Jenna Coleman said elsewhere, not written here
There was a moment in my early 20s when I’d finished Emmerdale and didn’t know what was next. I drove from LA to San Francisco listening to Tracy Chapman and it felt like one of those pure moments of uncomplicated joy.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗

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Bradley Wiggins British former professional road and track racing cyclist
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.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗
Escaping an abusive teen marriage and being blessed with the opportunity to create a new life for myself and my two young children in London at the height of the swinging 60s.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2023 source ↗

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