Cerys Matthews: 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 Cerys Matthews said elsewhere, not written here

Now, by far. Old enough to know time’s short, young enough to use it.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2016 source ↗

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Susan Calman Scottish comedian

Genuinely – and my wife, Lee, knows this – dancing with Kevin Clifton on Strictly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 November 2018 source ↗

Noah Harari Israeli historian and philosopher

Now. I’ve learned to adjust my expectations to reality better than when I was 20 or 10.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 October 2021 source ↗

Sally Mann Photographer

On the island of Bequia—one summer, out of the blue, a benefactor (thank you, Charlene) flew our entire family there and put us up in a cliffside house that was a weird mixture of Gaudí and Fred Flintstone and where we went to sleep at eight and got up at five. In between we read, swam, hiked, and unknowingly enjoyed the last moment before the irrevocable shear of adolescence set in.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2018 source ↗

Donald Sutherland Canadian actor