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

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Read by field Everyone Science and medicine 4 Arts and letters 487 Politics and public life 37 Business and finance 19 Sport 30
Read by age Any age Before thirty 25 In their thirties 83 In their forties 113 In their fifties 109 In their sixties 100 Seventy and beyond 77
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Mischa Barton British and American actress
When I got my dogs, Charlie and Ziggy Stardust. One is a pomeranian mix and the other is a rescue mutt, and, oh my God, he's so cute.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 June 2007 source ↗
Shaun White American snowboarder and skateboarder
Easy – winning the gold medal for the men's half-pipe in Vancouver.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 March 2010 source ↗
Billie Piper English actress and former singer
My son's second birthday. It was a typical autumn day – bright sky, cold fingers. He was dressed as a skeleton and we ate chilli in the garden.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2011 source ↗
Florence Welch British singer
Either pottering around on my own or performing, so I don’t know what kind of person that makes me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗
James Bay English singer-songwriter and guitarist
When I started getting to grips with playing the guitar, aged 11.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 January 2016 source ↗
Max Whitlock English artistic gymnast
Standing on the podium in Rio: winning a gold medal for the pommel was 100% the pinnacle of my career.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2016 source ↗
Simone Biles United States artistic gymnast
The Olympics: all my dreams came true in one place.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2017 source ↗

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