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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I thoroughly enjoyed high school in Nairobi: it was before everybody had a camera on their phone. I experimented with fashion and hairstyles that I am glad I don’t have any record of.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2019 source ↗
My wedding day. I had a sore face from laughing and smiling so much. Other than that, I am the happiest I've been in my life now.
Now, because of my marriage and because since September 2019 I’ve been free of clinical depression.
At the opening of The Conran Shop in Michelin House: it took a long time to achieve.
My happiness lives in the present. It's my life this morning, this evening, with Andre, my kids.
Like the froth on top of a hot chocolate.
I waited tables for one night at the turn of the century. They were being fussy about how I put the food on the plates, and I couldn’t have cared less.
When I have a to-do list and finish it in the time I intended to.
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