When were you happiest?

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Recorded Philip Treacy said elsewhere, not written here
As a child growing up in Ireland, on a beautiful day playing on what was known as a cock of hay (or haystack).

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2014 source ↗

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Benedict Cumberbatch English actor
With the sun on my face and a beer in my hand, the morning after I had been in a car-jacking in South Africa.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2012 source ↗
Jimmy Savile English media personality and sex offender
During the war - to a teenager, wartime is very exciting. And when there was no traffic, I could ride my bike about the lovely Yorkshire lanes with not a car in sight. And I'm very happy today because I'm not skint.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 May 2007 source ↗
Eli Roth American film director and screenwriter
When I'm on set, filming.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 October 2007 source ↗
Iris Apfel American interior designer and fashion icon
I try to be happy whenever I can. I don’t fret about what’s past and we don’t know if there will be a future, so I make as much as I can out of what’s here now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 August 2018 source ↗

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