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 Robert Carlyle said elsewhere, not written here
The birth of my first child, July 4 2002.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗

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Doris Day American actress and singer
My childhood summers in Trenton, Ohio, and starting work at Warner Bros.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 1995 source ↗

Ed Balls British broadcaster and politician
In a pool this summer with the children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 November 2008 source ↗

David Gandy British model
This morning, when I found a £20 note in a coat I hadn’t worn for a while.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗

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