John Cooper Clarke: 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 John Cooper Clarke said elsewhere, not written here

Happiness is the target one only has to aim at in order to miss.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Shirley Hughes English illustrator and author

Wandering around with my sketchbook in some lovely Italian town.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2012 source ↗

Jessica Hynes British actress and writer

Last week, lying under a hat on Folkestone beach.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2016 source ↗

Craig Revel Horwood Australian-British choreographer and director

When I got my first professional dance job: West Side Story in Melbourne in 1983.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 December 2018 source ↗

Tamara Mellon British fashion entrepreneur

Since my daughter Minty was born.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 February 2011 source ↗

Singing Abide With Me at the funeral of Bruce Reynolds [ringleader of the Great Train Robbery], March 2013.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗

Peter Hitchens: he ploughs the lonely furrow.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗

A mobile phone.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2013 source ↗

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