When were you happiest?

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

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Recorded Jenna Coleman said elsewhere, not written here
There was a moment in my early 20s when I’d finished Emmerdale and didn’t know what was next. I drove from LA to San Francisco listening to Tracy Chapman and it felt like one of those pure moments of uncomplicated joy.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗

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Daphne Guinness British socialite
I am often happiest on a shoot with David LaChapelle, being pushed to the extremes – either suspended from a harness or immersed in a tank of water. He calls it “extreme modelling”.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
Marc Almond English singer
In my first bedsit when I went to art college in Leeds. It was a hideous basement, but I loved the freedom.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2017 source ↗

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