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 each of my three children was born.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗
When I am up in the air and about to hit the water, literally and metaphorically.
When I was 11 and we got Sky TV.
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.
Standing on the podium in Rio: winning a gold medal for the pommel was 100% the pinnacle of my career.
Earthly life is merely the infancy of our soul. What comes after physical death is, I imagine, like returning home.
As a young man I had a car accident on a foggy night that left the vehicle looking like a squashed box, even though, by some miracle, I walked away unscathed.
Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.
As a man who tried to respect everyone, treating them with a smile and with due regard, despite the limitations of being human.
My father, with whom I had a complex relationship: often, when I was young, his desire to protect me clashed with the stubbornness of my choices.
A singer. I wanted to live off music ever since I was a child – a wish that came true when I was over 35 years old.
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