The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?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 I finished writing a book.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2017 source ↗
In bed this Saturday.
In the one photo I’ve seen where my smile looks convincing – I’m four years old, so I’m guessing then. But I just won a Bafta and that felt amazing, too. So, roughly every 40 years.
1 May 1981 in Paris, because that’s the day I was reconverted to Catholicism.
Now, because of my marriage and because since September 2019 I’ve been free of clinical depression.
Absentmindedness.
Getting hired. With the possible exception of my daughters’ births and my wedding day, the happiest moments of my life were when someone offered me a job.
Talking too much.
Failure to be on time.
Jerry Springer, Vince Cable, Edmund Hillary, Liz Jones, Rachel Maddow, Anita Rani
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