Floella Benjamin: When were you happiest?

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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Floella Benjamin said elsewhere, not written here

Happiness is like an elusive butterfly: whenever it comes my way, I grab it.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 February 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Kim Gordon American musician and artist

In kindergarten, riding my bike and making objects out of clay.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗

Bill Bryson American-British author

When I had my catheter taken out, thanks for asking.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2016 source ↗

Gary Numan British musician

Now. I enjoy what I do for a living, the children are here and I am still happily married after 25 years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

Watching my sons ski down a mountain for the first time.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2024 source ↗

A teacher. Teachers can change lives.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 February 2017 source ↗

Smile by Nat King Cole.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 February 2017 source ↗

A boy called Norman. When I came to England, I didn’t know what kiss-chase was, and Norman kissed me on the lips, so I gave him a black eye.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 February 2017 source ↗

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