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 Alexa Chung said elsewhere, not written here
Playing ping pong in LA.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 March 2011 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 576 →
Vicky McClure English actress
Christmas Day in Nottingham. I am happiest when I am with all of my family, and last year Jonny and I got engaged.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 March 2018 source ↗

Louis Walsh Irish music manager and television personality
I’m always happy. Ask Simon Cowell: he says if I had a tail, I’d wag it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗

Kate Nash British musician
British summers give me a really happy feeling. My bedroom at our family home in Harrow looks out on to our garden and a cricket field, and you just know when it’s the first day of summer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2019 source ↗

More on time & hindsight

Also answered this · A–Z

Abi Morgan, Abigail Breslin, Adam Kay, Adeel Akhtar, Adrian Dunbar, Adrian Edmondson

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

Report this answer