At each of my sons’ weddings.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2024 source ↗
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.
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When I won gold at the London Olympic Games.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2012 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 576 →During the first three months of the first lockdown. I was at home with my family and I was such a cliche: I was baking sourdough, making my own granola. It was an idyllic time.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗
Pete Postlethwaite
English actor
Last Sunday night in front of the fire, watching Mamma Mia! with Jax and our children, Will and Lily.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2009 source ↗
Courtney Pine
British jazz musician
When I realised that I could be a musician. I was 16.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗
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