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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Whenever I’m swimming in the lido at London Fields.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗
I was a happy kid. I had quite a small life: I grew up in Walthamstow and didn’t really leave east London. I didn’t go to the South Bank for the first time until I was 18 years old.
When my children Suzy and Justin were small: I loved watching them grow up, helping and encouraging them.
In the minutes, hours, days and weeks after having my children. I was 42 and 45. There’s nothing like new life.
My wedding day last year. It was supposed to be 4 April and, in the end, it was 12 September.
Clumsy, kind and excitable.
We go back from whence we came.
Whenever I walk past an ice-cream shop, I just can’t not buy an ice-cream.
I’d give my younger self the lessons I’ve learned over the years, sparing myself the need to figure everything out so publicly.
Watching the news. Human life seemed pretty cheap in 2024.
When people are rude to their waiter.
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