The question
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.
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When our family was complete.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2024 source ↗
When my children were small and used to play together, be creative, and were just in that innocent bubble.
I hope the happiest moment is still ahead of me.
Right now. The past has gone.
The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.
My family. Together in a room with a sax, a piano, and a Ping-Pong table.
People who do hard, honorable work in obscurity.
The inability to listen. Inauthentic vocal registers. Calling anything other than food “delicious” or “yummy.”
Sharks. The ones in the ocean.
Sally Phillips, Beth Ditto, Father John Misty, Joyce Carol Oates, Nicola Walker, Dominic West
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