Lucy Worsley: 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 Lucy Worsley said elsewhere, not written here

I think you can be happy every day, if you are in the flow.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

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The day I passed my driving test, at 17.

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This has been a really good year so far.

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Opening day of The Empire Strikes Back, 86th Street Loews.

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A year ago, after only four lessons, skiing alone in the Sierras.

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That I am not a chorus girl in a West End musical.

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In my teens, peeling garlic to make pie filling in a butcher’s shop.

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A spy, a witch and a nun.

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To my brother. When he was a small boy, I made him urinate on an electric fence to see if liquid could really transmit electricity.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

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