When were you happiest?

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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.

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Recorded Clare Balding said elsewhere, not written here
This may sound nauseating, but I am a very happy person. I love my work, I love my life and I'm told by those who know/love me that it's a bit like living with Tigger. Bloody annoying, I should think.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 January 2011 source ↗

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Julian Lloyd Webber British cellist and conductor
When I was 16, I’d just won full scholarships to both the Royal Academy and the Royal College of Music, and felt like the world was my oyster.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2023 source ↗

Simon Russell Beale English actor
The morning after the opening of Hamlet in New York in 2000. The reviews were good and I actually punched the air – a very un-Simon Russell Beale thing to do.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2011 source ↗

Camille Paglia American feminist academic and critic
Snorkelling for an hour with a comically disciplined and curiously attentive squadron of six, fat Caribbean reef squid off Mexico.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 April 2008 source ↗

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