The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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In the hospital when my children were born.
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Living in Bangor, County Down, because my mum was still alive. She died when I was six.
Happiness is mostly intrinsic: you’re either a happy soul or a miserable bastard. Fortunately, I’m the former.
Whenever I'm with loved ones.
In my early 20s. I did my national service late, in Singapore. It was liberating to be in a new culture.
To overcook that plate of fettuccine.
A plate of fettuccine ragù with my kids.
I’m a perfectionist; it’s boring.
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