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 Shirley Ballas said elsewhere, not written here
When I found out that I was having my baby. They told me I was having a little girl and I named it Elizabeth. Then, when the baby was born it was my beautiful boy, Mark.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 June 2018 source ↗

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Jacqueline Wilson English novelist
A few years ago in Vermont, when I eloped with Trish to have a civil partnership ceremony.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 May 2022 source ↗

Aidan Gillen Irish actor
I won a local art competition aged 10 – the first time I’d won anything.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2017 source ↗

Liz Jones British journalist
Married, in my Georgian house, four cats. It lasted a day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2013 source ↗

Alexander Armstrong English actor, comedian, broadcaster and singer
Now. Although I am on tour and I will be deliriously happy when that finishes, because I'll be back home.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 November 2010 source ↗

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