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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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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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Prue Leith

South African-British chef, broadcaster, and writer

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In my 40s: I had two children young enough to think their parents wonderful, my business was booming, I was happily married and living in the Cotswolds with a veg garden and ponies in the paddock. Who could not be happy?

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2012 source ↗

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Jason Byrne Irish comedian
When I worked in an electrical warehouse in Dublin. I got £60 a week wiring plugs.
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Zoë Heller English journalist and novelist
Sending off the final draft of my latest novel.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2008 source ↗
Ian McEwan British novelist and screenwriter
In my mid- to late-20s, in London, beginning to publish, living hand to mouth, having fun. Also now, when love and life and work have finally cohered.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 August 2018 source ↗
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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.
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