Sue Perkins
British actress, singer, writer and comedian
In my 20s, touring small arts centres with my best mate, performing sketch comedy to a handful of people.
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Right now. The past has gone.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 January 2010 source ↗
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Tamara Mellon
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Since my daughter Minty was born.
Jessica Hynes
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Last week, lying under a hat on Folkestone beach.
Kate Nash
British musician
British summers give me a really happy feeling. My bedroom at our family home in Harrow looks out on to our garden and a cricket field, and you just know when it’s the first day of summer.
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