The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?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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In my second year at Oxford University. There was much lolling over the side of punts on the river with languid male companions plying me with cheap champagne.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 May 2010 source ↗
Winning the Ashes in 2009.
Now, because of my marriage and because since September 2019 I’ve been free of clinical depression.
Right now. The past has gone.
I have a lot to be grateful for, but right now, being married. Having time to be with my husband and his children. I feel very grateful.
The closure of Talk magazine.
Harry Evans. My opportunities to admire him are many since I am – at time of writing – still married to him.
Edmund Hillary, Vince Cable, Jerry Springer, Rachel Maddow, Liz Jones, Nick Robinson
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