Denise Welch: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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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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Denise Welch

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Now, because of my marriage and because since September 2019 I’ve been free of clinical depression.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

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Alan Dale New Zealand actor

I have never been happier than I am now. As for when I was happiest in my work, playing King Arthur in Spamalot in the West End.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 March 2009 source ↗

Laura Kenny English cyclist

On my wedding day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗

Adeel Akhtar British actor

At boarding school, I was unable to get the main part in Hamlet, so I put on a production of The Homecoming with my friends. The teachers came to see it and said they didn’t know I had it in me. It felt very good.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗

Tim Robbins American actor

When I was shooting The Player – I was in love with life and fulfilled by my creative experience.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 October 2010 source ↗

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Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

The people I hurt when I was suffering with addiction to alcohol and cocaine.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2023 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

Stopping being such a helicopter parent and worrying about these grownup children’s lives. It drives me mad. And I am having therapy. If I could stop thinking that I should be their first port of call for everything, it would free my head up a bit.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2023 source ↗