Steve Jones: When were you happiest?

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 Steve Jones said elsewhere, not written here

Were? I'm happiest right now!

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 July 2010 source ↗

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Chris Bonington

When I was climbing I was absolutely happy. I can use a climbing wall, but that’s not the same as real climbing.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 March 2025 source ↗

Sue Townsend English writer and humorist

Flying over the Australian outback in a jet, looking down at the incredible orange scenery, the uninhabited hills and gullies, listening to Tchaikovsky on my headphones and drinking champagne with a cigarette in my hand. It was 1984, I'd been to the Adelaide Book Festival and was going back to my husband and my children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 January 2007 source ↗

Seth Meyers American comedian and TV host