Angela Griffin: 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 Angela Griffin said elsewhere, not written here

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.

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

Others on this question

View all 576 →

Zoë Wanamaker American-born British actress

Getting married at Islington register office in 1994.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2013 source ↗

Adeel Akhtar British actor

At boarding school, I was unable to get the main part in Hamlet, so I put on a production of The Homecoming with my friends. The teachers came to see it and said they didn’t know I had it in me. It felt very good.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗

David Schwimmer American actor

Before I realised my parents, sister and I were all mortal.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 September 2007 source ↗

Jake Bugg English singer-songwriter

When my album went to No 1.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2013 source ↗

More from Angela Griffin

View profile →

Question Which trait do you most dislike in yourself? Identity & self

Catastrophising.

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

Question What keeps you awake at night? Daily life

The fact that there are not enough hours in the day and I’ve taken on too much.

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

Question Who most deserves an apology from you, and why? Failure & regret

Lee Warburton. He had just left drama school and was doing the Alexander technique in the Corrie green room. I hadn’t been to drama school, and really took the piss out of him.

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