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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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The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 July 2010 source ↗
There are different flavours of happy, but I think my favourite is the quiet contentment when several generations of family are sitting together watching a crowd-pleaser like Harry Potter on the telly.
During the war - to a teenager, wartime is very exciting. And when there was no traffic, I could ride my bike about the lovely Yorkshire lanes with not a car in sight. And I'm very happy today because I'm not skint.
Watching my children play together for hours when they were very young.
Right where I am now.
In 2010 there are slim pickings.
Terry Gilliam, Bear Grylls, Paul Whitehouse, Tony Robinson, Matt Smith, Ed Harris
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