Victoria Derbyshire: 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 Victoria Derbyshire said elsewhere, not written here

On my wedding day, 21 July 2018. Mark and I had been together for 17 years but, having got through breast cancer treatment, we decided we’d finally get married.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 September 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 576 →

Emeli Sandé British singer

Last night, on stage in New York.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2017 source ↗

Patti Smith Musician, poet and photographer

Tramping through the woods in South Jersey in 1957 with my dog Bambi.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2024 source ↗

Jason Sudeikis

Wherever I’m sitting, once I finish this questionnaire.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2017 source ↗

Stanley Tucci

Every time one of my kids was born and I knew that they were healthy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2016 source ↗

More from Victoria Derbyshire

View profile →

Question What is the worst job you have done? Craft & work

Working in a furniture factory in Warrington when I was 17. It was a summer job, and I had to cover the studs in the back of Chesterfield sofas with leather.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 September 2021 source ↗