Rachel Maddow: 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 Rachel Maddow said elsewhere, not written here

Now. My life is better with every year of living it.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2012 source ↗

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EL James British author

Belfast 1994, when my first son was born.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2012 source ↗

Geoffrey Rush Australian actor

During my Queensland childhood, on the days when I avoided the chlorine-infused shower gauntlet and being corralled into the deep end of the school pool.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2014 source ↗

Anne Enright Novelist and short-story writer

A few weeks ago, we spent a long weekend going around West Cork, and I was so happy it amazed me. My husband doesn’t always make me happy around the house, but add a road and some scenery and the combination can be very powerful.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2024 source ↗

Keeley Hawes British actress