Marcus Brigstocke: 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 Marcus Brigstocke said elsewhere, not written here

Every morning when I go into our three-year-old’s room. He’s so happy to see you, it’s a moment of heaven.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

Sue Johnston English actress

At the birth of my son, Joel, and then equally, last June, when my first grandchild, Rory, was born.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 January 2013 source ↗

Viggo Mortensen American actor

Right now. The past has gone.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 January 2010 source ↗

Gok Wan British fashion consultant, author, chef and television presenter

Immersed in a bowl of noodles, sat around my parents' dining room table with all my family. Bliss!

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2010 source ↗

Sinéad O'Connor Irish singer and songwriter

When I am performing, and when my kids make musical mayhem.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2013 source ↗