Shirley Hughes
English illustrator and author
Wandering around with my sketchbook in some lovely Italian town.
When were you happiest?
Question
What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Easy – winning the gold medal for the men's half-pipe in Vancouver.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 March 2010 source ↗
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I'd say you've never seen me happier than at this particular moment.
Dermot O'Leary
British-Irish television presenter
On Curracloe beach with my family in Wexford, circa 1980, after a swim.
Jay McInerney
American writer
When my mother let me stay home from school even though I wasn't ill.
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