Tom Fletcher: When were you happiest?

When were you happiest?

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.

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

Recorded Tom Fletcher said elsewhere, not written here

On stage with my band.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 November 2025 source ↗

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Julien Macdonald Welsh fashion designer

With my family in Wales.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 October 2016 source ↗

Oti Mabuse South African dancer

When I realised that I was meant to be a dancer, aged 19.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2019 source ↗

Rose Tremain English writer

When I first met Richard, in 1992, on a British Council writers’ tour of Adelaide. We were drinking Australian lager while parakeets squawked rudely in the neighbourhood gumtrees.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2022 source ↗

Angela Griffin British actress and television presenter

During the first week or two of lockdown. We didn’t know what was coming and it didn’t feel dangerous at that point; there was just a real sense of family and hunkering down.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2022 source ↗