Stephen Dillane: When were you happiest?

Originally asked

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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Stephen Dillane said elsewhere, not written here

Playing football in the school playground at lunchtime.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2014 source ↗

Others on this question

Joanne Froggatt English actress

On my wedding day in Oxfordshire, six years ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2019 source ↗

When each of my three children was born.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

Lisa Marie Presley American singer-songwriter

My childhood at Graceland. And after having all my children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2012 source ↗

Julie Delpy French actress and filmmaker

When I am working on something I really like, or when I am alone with my son playing in the garden.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2013 source ↗

I'd like the enormous congregation to sing Leonard Cohen's Come Healing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2014 source ↗

In the first room of the Australian art exhibition at the RA. Don't know why. Loved it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2014 source ↗

Russell Brand, for being his own man.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2014 source ↗

A sense of purpose.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 January 2014 source ↗

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